Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:24:21 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081215062421.GH5527@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20081213200315.A44344@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081213143200.GA5026@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <18755.53118.854987.966113@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081213182336.V41178@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87skosf02b.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213184751.N41297@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <94136a2c0812131010p648d1a81q54f62bb3e1a61026@mail.gmail.com> <20081213200315.A44344@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--y0Ed1hDcWxc3B7cn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 08:04:18PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >than not you discourage beginners from getting interested in this >=20 > i don't discourage beginners that want to learn. >=20 > Most of them don't. Considering that, the moment someone shows up and says "I'm a Windows user, but I'm thinking about trying out FreeBSD," you immediately assume the person doesn't want to learn without bothering to read any further, I don't think you actually have any way of knowing whether anyone wants to learn most of the time. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Colin McFadyen: "Unix is not an 'a-ha' experience, it is more of a 'holy-shit' experience." --y0Ed1hDcWxc3B7cn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklF+BUACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVvrQCgwyu4+RFjO/3/WWbtKWU7epLN GiEAoKYeJySeNZgkzsSasuptpHrR3AWm =H4bM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0Ed1hDcWxc3B7cn--
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