Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:13:33 -0700 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: Pat Lynch <lynch@bsd.unix.sh>, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMN kicks Augustin's butt. Message-ID: <3892148D.7D37AF02@thuntek.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001280822000.1100-100000@bytor.rush.net> <3891A457.61BCBEAA@thuntek.net> <20000128183630.A74295@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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Nik Clayton wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 07:14:47AM -0700, Don Wilde wrote: > > What a mess /. is, though. I stay away from it because of all the crap > > you wade through. > > With my @slashdot.org hat on, any suggestions people have for improving > this would be welcome. It's somewhat disheartening to post BSD stories, > and get nothing but Natalie Portman comments for hours afterwards. > > There are a few vocal BSD proponents on Slashdot. Wes pops up > occasionally, as do people like Dom Mitchell, and others. We need more. > I'd really like to see more people posting solid, technical replies, > and not just an endless round "BSD sux" "Does not" "Does too", which it > often descends to. > Unfortunately it's a lot like the government: what you get is at the level of the readers. I doubt the other editors like it any more than you do, but /. readership -- the ones who have time to read and post -- aren't likely to be of a caliber such that anybody'd pay them to code anything, so it's unlikely to change. As far as improving /., I think your time would be better spent improving the content on daily.dn, Nik... After dealing with NMLUG's user base, I have to say that the generic linuxhead is either a 'kewl kid' or a corporate dork whose bread is buttered by Linux (f.e. VA, RedHat, SGI, etc.) Linux is a cult and we have to accept that there is no logic to their choice. Period. If Linuxen had sense, they'd rip out the Linux kernel, drop in BSD, and hire our core team. I am really glad to see your CEO at StarMedia step in and give VA a dose of napalm, Pat. THIS is what we need more of. You'll notice that the infantile posts STOPPED after that. :-))) -- Donald Wilde "Linking Minds and Micros" ================= S i l v e r L y n x =================== PMB 117, 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd SE v: 505-771-0709 f: 771-1356 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 web: http://www.Silver-Lynx.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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