From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 09:21:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B4191065675 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:21:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-27.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-27.bluehost.com [69.89.17.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2737A8FC1F for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:21:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 4595 invoked by uid 0); 13 Dec 2008 09:21:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 13 Dec 2008 09:21:30 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=e6neKq427J/IvX/yfk0Kq6E6GLWFguS8mmtqMcgasAk/c+lXRh+2YkTqbRoB6FD6i+l6Xvoo2zc2p/kkDzTyZyoA36u6DL/NorNhZlCYoj0LC5gCb3oFyuuyGy2ABva9; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LBQgj-0007nv-Sr for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:21:30 -0700 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:21:04 -0700 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:21:04 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081213092104.GC39031@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <200812112345.20572.perlcat@alltel.net> <20081212174607.GC36348@kokopelli.hydra> <4942B6A3.504@gmail.com> <18754.48923.616173.319215@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081212205614.GB37185@kokopelli.hydra> <31371229120906@webmail12.yandex.ru> <87iqppdlzh.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:21:30 -0000 --5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:22:15AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >There is _nothing_ that is inherently "server oriented" about the main > >FreeBSD tree, and it hasn't "split" to anything of the sort. >=20 > exactly! FreeBSD is unix oriented! >=20 > everything else depends on what you install. >=20 > that's why it would be good to finally introduce moderation on that list = -=20 > to cut off 95% of traffic that is not about FreeBSD. Moderation, like all bureaucracy and oversight, a chainsaw -- not a scalpel. One should always be wary of its use where even the slightest error might result in significant loss of value. Interestingly, my random signature generator seems to have something to say about this topic as well. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Jon Postel, RFC 761: "[B]e conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." --5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklDfoAACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWjWACfSyjNBRcs4F080UVaSj2gTb8A ZVMAoL7N/NJRm5tAA3dQM/EjgbrWXlA+ =hoh0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe--