From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 20 11:56:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A27114DF6 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:56:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA27995; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:54:02 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990720125124.043f7990@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:54:00 -0600 To: "David Schwartz" From: Brett Glass Subject: RE: poor ethernet performance? Cc: In-Reply-To: <000001bed2df$a818f360$021d85d1@youwant.to> References: <4.2.0.58.19990720123405.00a11c10@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:42 AM 7/20/99 -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > I don't believe that this is true. I think the survey you are talking about >was designed by a company that's methodical enough to understand the >limitations of surveys. I think that your arguments were designed to be defeatist. Do not ask for support for FreeBSD, and you are sure not to get it. > If you create a 'Linux tools' survey, and promote it to people who develop >under Linux, you can expect to learn the preferences of Linux developers. If >someone goes out and solicits a particular subgroup of Linux developers >heavily to fill out your survey, you know that you just get nvalid results. Have you considered Linux advocacy? It sounds as if you'd make a very good Linux booster. You're clearly not interested in seeing native software or tools developed for FreeBSD. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message