Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 08:54:05 -0700 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Negative Review of FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <2fd864e05060308544bc66225@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d7pl0g$2f8f$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> References: <429EF96E.16172.33600ABA@localhost> <20050602100934.Y20286@Osgiliath.home.lan> <60053.217.33.199.34.1117734722.squirrel@webmail.achean.com> <20050602180147.GA790@anarion> <d7pl0g$2f8f$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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On 6/3/05, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote: > Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org> wrote: >=20 > > Jem Matzan is known for poor reviews throughout *BSD. >=20 > Is there anybody known for good reviews? >=20 > It turns out that writing reviews that meet the expectation of > expert readers is incredibly difficult. In fact, I suggest that > some of the people who keep lambasting reviews try writing some > themselves. For bonus, about an operating system you're only > semi-familiar with. >=20 If you aren't familier enough with something to evaluate it, you shouldn't review it. Just as I wouldn't write a review of Mac OSX at the moment, simply because I have little to no experence using it. Nor would I write one about Kylin BSD, since as far as I can tell, if its released, its been released in Chinese first. If someone is only semi-familiar with something, as part of their review, they need to spend the time to become familier. I've done plenty of evaluations of software for customers of mine, and I certainly don't just go through the install process, say "This sucks" and move on to the next product. I'm aware writing a review is incredibly difficult, however, I would suggest that one simply not write a review, if they are unwilling, or unable to meet the standard required by the technical audience their review is targeted at. --- Harrison Grundy
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