From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 14:02:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2A916A4BF for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebsdgirl.com (daemonporn.com [66.36.228.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B09B43FE9 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:02:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sektie@freebsdgirl.com) Received: from freebsdgirl.com (adsl-81-129-234.asm.bellsouth.net [65.81.129.234]) by freebsdgirl.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h83L3opR079126; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:03:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from sektie@freebsdgirl.com) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:02:04 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Diego_Calleja_Garc=EDa?= From: Randi Harper In-Reply-To: <20030903224346.4bbbf208.aradorlinux@yahoo.es> Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 21:02:07 -0000 >> So, you're suggesting that FreeBSD users put up with >> incompatibilities, >> glitches, and an unethical licensing regime merely because they can >> get something that KINDA works today? > > Yes. This is called "being realistic". > What exactly is realistic about that? There's nothing wrong with reinventing the wheel if only works perfectly on one type of car. It doesn't sound like it was a very good wheel in the first place if that's the case. Randi Harper sektie@freebsdgirl.com http://freebsdgirl.com