From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 23 0:35:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D30037B404 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:35:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-65.57.14.176.dial1.chicago1.level3.net ([65.57.14.176] helo=pegasus) by gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16TIsM-0003OI-00; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:35:23 -0800 Message-ID: <016101c1a3e8$e58f52c0$0100a8c0@pegasus> From: "Bob Giesen" To: , "Cliff Sarginson" References: <007b01c1a381$93765900$328dfea9@pegasus> <2807.198.151.239.42.1011756241.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu> <00c801c1a3d8$438a8720$0100a8c0@pegasus> <20020123073218.GB4008@raggedclown.net> Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 02:35:20 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Sarginson" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:32 AM Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD > ...it really would be much better > if people stopped taking Windows as some kind of model to which > FreeBSD should aspire... Geez, Cliff, I never suggested that FreeBSD should aspire to be like Windoze! One soon-to-be ex-Win user mentioned the difficulty of installing FreeBSD, another person took issue with that, and I simply pointed out what should be obvious -- that there's good reason for a non-UNIX-guru who's used to well-planned InstallShield-type installations to feel that the FreeBSD installation is more difficult. Your love of FreeBSD is duly noted -- but remember that love can be blind. FreeBSD's not perfect in every way -- and (prepare for blasphemy...) it's not better than Winblows in every way. (Most ways, by far, but not every.) Can you not still be a defender of the OS while recognizing that another is, indeed, better in some ways? My sons aren't perfect, but I'm not going to lecture or cajole others on how to love them if they, perchance, happen to notice their imperfections. But I'll defend their honor to the death. I love them with all of my heart -- far more than anyone could conceivably love an operating system. Yet, wouldn't it make me a hypocrite to hold up their shortcomings as strengths? Where in that would the honor be for me? I'd be labeled as blind, at best; worse, ignorant. Lighten thee up. It's just a couple of opinions about a work in progress -- and flowery verse won't change mine. - Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message