Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:12:02 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy <jeremiah@sherline.com>, Gilbert Gong <ggong@cal.alumni.berkeley.edu>, advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Microsoft Advocacy? Message-ID: <XFMail.011220151202.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <02c101c189ab$1dc9c560$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On 20-Dec-01 Anthony Atkielski wrote: > John writes: > >> Actually, it would be better written as so: >> >> Someone belives that there exists some >> specific circumstance such that FreeBSD is a >> valid desktop. The opposite of this statement >> (as should be evident from basic Math proof >> courses) is: For all specific circumstances, >> FreeBSD is not a valid desktop. This, then, >> is what Jeremiah "believes". > > You are overlooking many possibilities. > > If the original statement is "There exists some specific circumstance in > which FreeBSD is a suitable desktop," then if Jeremiah disagrees with this, > he may disagree in multiple ways, including (but not limited to): No. Have you had a math class involving "there-exists" proofs? If I say "There exists some number X such that X^2 is 16." and you say "No, I don't agree". That means you don't think that there is an X such that X^2 is 16. This is the same as saying that for all possibilites of X, X^2 != 16. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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