From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 15 21:19:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from eagle.phc.igs.net (eagle.phc.igs.net [207.210.17.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2EC152D5 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:19:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eagle@eagle.phc.igs.net) Received: from localhost (eagle@localhost) by eagle.phc.igs.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA86377; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 23:11:29 GMT (envelope-from eagle@eagle.phc.igs.net) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 23:11:29 +0000 (GMT) From: eagle To: Brett Glass Cc: chris@calldei.com, "Daniel O'Connor" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, crh@outpost.co.nz Subject: Re: Jordan the Confused (Was: Jordan The Evil!) In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990415215446.0095d610@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > At 10:15 PM 4/15/99 -0500, Chris Costello wrote: > > > The reason for the lack of these tools was explained in the > >sentence you quoted. "quote patently, FreeBSD's approach is *not* > >desktop oriented," -- this seems to explain it well. > > No, Jordan's approach is not desktop-oriented. Which is a BIG mistake, > and a decision he should not be allowed to make. > > Unless an OS can at least be adapted to be desktop-friendly, it will > never fully enter the mainstream. > > --Brett Glass > > "You're not just e-mailing her, you're e-mailing anyone she's ever > e-mailed." > > -- Dayton Daily News Cartoonist Mike Peters on the "Melissa virus" > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > Don't go away mad Brett just go away any future commonications from mr. glass will go to /dev/null here at least To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message