Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:41:01 -0800 From: darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux Message-ID: <200502121141.07311.bulliver@badcomputer.org> In-Reply-To: <9162ea4ff171ffc111003a204c81ef7d@HiWAAY.net> References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <9162ea4ff171ffc111003a204c81ef7d@HiWAAY.net>
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--nextPart8550036.iIlLhtNjQi Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline quoth the David Kelly: > Look closely at the Linux community and you'll find its mostly > ex-Windows users focused on what Microsoft is doing. The desire is to > one-up Microsoft at Microsoft's own game. Their definition of > "computer" and "human interface" was written by Microsoft and still > can't think outside of that box. I think your interpretation here is a tad glib. Sure there are thousands of= =20 people coming to Linux because they 'hate' MS. Sure they don't know gcc fro= m=20 ppc but I don't think it is fair to call them the 'community', rather a sma= ll=20 subset. Do you think these people are writing any software? Are they=20 designing programming interfaces? Do they have a damn thing to do with the= =20 development of Linux or any of its supporting software? Hell no. They are=20 just users clogging up the message boards and mailing lists with stupid=20 questions. "Human Interface"? Am I missing something? Can you please tell m= e=20 where the much superior FreeBSD human interface can be downloaded? In the=20 console they are pretty much the same keystroke for keystroke, and on the=20 desktop it is all the same software... I run FreeBSD and Linux, and I love them both. I am trying to point out tha= t=20 when you slam Linux developers with pettiness and name calling that you are= =20 no better than all the lusers slamming MS, and thinking they're leet becaus= e=20 they installed Fedora? I have noticed a lot of this on FreeBSD lists, and I= =20 think it is counterproductive because it is unprofessional and in the end=20 more people using Linux means more people running free software which=20 benefits _all_ of us...and besides, it is offensive to people like me that= =20 just like playing with 'nix boxes and run both. Why can't you just run your FreeBSD and feel superior, silently? > Look closely at the BSD community and you'll find those who are working > at creating a better tool to serve their needs. Much debate about > exactly what constitutes "better" so there is also quite a bit of > experimenting. What you won't find is Microsoft as the yardstick by > which BSD's measure. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =2D-=20 darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." =2D Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 --nextPart8550036.iIlLhtNjQi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCDlvTwPD5Cr/3CJgRAnejAJ91WfCCCMBZSvloa9zn2EsTgoTWKQCdGsq2 XYS8RpIEuZF+U79SAl32wcg= =TVKp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart8550036.iIlLhtNjQi--
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