From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 10:27:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83C5F16A4B3 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:27:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C68F43FBD for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:27:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02 ([157.226.230.209]:1119 helo=mvaexch02.acuson.com) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1A96Tc-0001uC-5Y for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:27:24 -0700 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <4XTY5SYV>; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:24:05 -0700 Received: from dhcp-46-145.acuson.com ([157.226.46.145]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id 4XTTMT3K; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:23:13 -0700 From: Johnson David To: Advocacy Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:26:19 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200310111021.20897.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> In-Reply-To: <200310111021.20897.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310131026.20013.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1A96Tc-0001uC-5Y*9eQ/8xMMh66* X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Subject: Re: A case of FreeBSD users shooting all FreeBSD users in the foot X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:27:33 -0000 On Saturday 11 October 2003 08:21 am, Jonathan wrote: > When those people unleash those flames never consider the > consequences. I have to wonder how many businesses have rejected > FreeBSD because some prospect "asked a stupid question". The whole > flamming and "RTFM" phenomena is really an ego trip for people who > are just so in love with themselves. I have a difficult time envisioning a business getting its information off of IRC. Mailing lists I can userstand. Forums I can understand. But IRC? No offense to those of you using it, but IRC in general has a reputation of peurility. "We sent an executive committee over to the school playground, whereupon several unidentified toddlers proceeded to throw mud at them. The conclusion is to hold off on the OS decision until we find a playground where the toddlers are more friendly." David