Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:57:06 -0800 From: Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG> To: lewst <lewst@yahoo.com> Cc: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, KEVLO@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: where is KDE 2.0.1 ?!? Message-ID: <20001220005706.N79112@shale.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20001216051546.8643.qmail@web2102.mail.yahoo.com>; from lewst@yahoo.com on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:15:46PM -0800 References: <20001216051546.8643.qmail@web2102.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi,
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:15:46PM -0800, lewst wrote:
> This kind of attitude is fine when you are supporting a hobby or pet
> project, but not a supposedly serious and competitive OS like FreeBSD.
> Critical pieces of the OS like KDE should be taken more seriously than
> the other ports. If not, then FreeBSD will continue to linger behind
> in Linus' shadow. RPMS for KDE 2.0.1 were available within hours of
> the release.
>
> This issue is bigger than one port, or even KDE, so don't get sidetracked.
> It's the attitude man. You're certainly not doing FreeBSD any favors with it.
I would really like to commend you on this difficult task which you have
undertaken, and I'm glad to see that you've found your calling in life,
as a motivational speaker.
However, I feel that there are many other projects outside of FreeBSD
which could use some extra motivation, to achieve the same levels of
perfection as you obviously have. An example which I would particularly
like you to consider is that of motor racing.
As a first suggestion, why don't you go down to your local stock car
track, find someone who looks like they have a rather nice looking car,
and then suggest that a Ferrari Formula 1 car would leave their nicely
painted Chevy in the dust. Remember, motivation is all about
persistance, so when the driver urges you to move along and stop
bothering him - grab him by the shoulder and point out that a Ferrari
can do 16000RPM, while their motor max'es out at a mere 6000RPM.
This is obviously only a suggestion, and I'm sure that with your great
skill with words, and your magnetic personality, you could come up with
just the right words to get that driver to see Ferrari red...
Regards,
-Jeremy "oh, please take a video camera with..."
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