Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:00:22 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org> Cc: <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: poor ethernet performance? Message-ID: <000001bed2e2$1e4bd280$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990720125124.043f7990@localhost>
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> 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. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying ask, argue, sure. Just don't annoy. Whoever it is that's going to go through those survey results is going to get annoyed. This I assure you. > > 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. Actually, I really prefer not to perform what I think you mean by advocacy. I actually advise people to use and prefer the operating system that is best for the particular task they are performing. David Schwartz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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