From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 19 03:41:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA08747 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 03:41:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-7.mail.demon.net (relay-7.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA08738 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 03:41:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk ([158.152.17.1]) by relay-5.mail.demon.net id aa0524119; 19 Apr 97 11:30 BST Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (localhost.lan.awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA07747; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 10:58:26 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199704190958.KAA07747@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terry-bashing, by way of explanation... In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:59:46 PDT." <5004.861263986@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 10:58:25 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [.....] > or anyone else to judge our methods, despite whatever they may think > to the contrary, and anyone who's deeply dissatisfied with our > operating model is certainly encouraged to go find an operating system > which more closely conforms to their ideals. The same is no more or > less true for any other piece of software you might want to run. I would think that's why most of us are here - we agree with most of the philosophies of the core team. I think that some people end up in an environment where they are the technical "guru", and are subsequently more correct than their colleagues almost 100% of the time. Sometimes it takes a *lot* of persuading to get your colleagues to understand the correct approach and "see the light". Coming from that sort of situation to somewhere like this, it's sometimes difficult to realize when to bite your tongue and agree to disagree, or even when to believe that "the oppo may be right". > This is not to say that we're immune to all criticism or do not > welcome constructive comments about how we might do things more > efficiently/better/faster/whatever, simply that there may come a point [.....] Exactly ! > Jordan -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....