Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:16:57 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081215201657.GC60187@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20081215124954.D53356@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <31371229120906@webmail12.yandex.ru> <87iqppdlzh.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213092104.GC39031@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213103054.B8893@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213194302.GA51063@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213122621.001352ad@gom.home> <20081213213446.K44622@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081215061521.GF5527@kokopelli.hydra> <20081215124954.D53356@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:53:01PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >
> >That might be a valid concern if your notion of "off topic" didn't
> >include things that pretty much everyone else seems to think is on topic
> >enough to fit into this list.
>=20
> do we have to start deciding what's "on-topic" by voting?
> congratulations....
> >
> >>
> >>i don't mean moderation like removing one opinions and not others. But
> >>removing off-topic messages, that are 95% now or more.
> >
> >1. When moderation is increased, so too are false positives -- like
> >removing statements of opinion that shouldn't be removed.
>=20
> there are always false positives. but everything is better than=20
> "democracy"=3Dwhat most say is right is considered right.
I never said we should vote on everything -- you just decided to magic
that up out of thin air. Have fun with that.
> >
> >2. Your idea of "off topic" seems to include stuff relevant to FreeBSD.
>=20
> not revelant. will you start support my program just because it can be=20
> compiled on FreeBSD? it's nonsense.
>=20
> so stop supporting third party non-freebsd specific software just because=
=20
> it can be compiled under FreeBSD!!
the point: ------------------------>
you: \O/
|
/ \
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Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Quoth Larry Wall: "Just don't create a file called -rf."
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