From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 1 15:58:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB7F37BE96 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:58:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tech_info@threespace.com) Received: from dallas ([12.73.242.47]) by mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.31a 201-229-119-114) with ESMTP id <20000301235846.TTRW9754.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@dallas>; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 23:58:46 +0000 Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000301184705.00be97c0@mail.threespace.com> X-Sender: tech_info@mail.threespace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 18:54:04 -0500 To: W Gerald Hicks From: Technical Information Subject: Re: We got a mention! Cc: FreeBSD Chat In-Reply-To: <20000229221145R.jhix@mindspring.com> References: <4.2.2.20000229101536.00bc0590@mail.threespace.com> <000701bf82af$6e23f080$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> <4.2.2.20000229101536.00bc0590@mail.threespace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 01:11 AM 3/1/00 , you wrote: > > Hey, I mean if the guy wants to run everything from BeOS to Xenix on his > > computer, that's all good. But to hate Windows so much that you'd be > > willing to recommend anything else is a little questionable. This is > sorta > > like having some well-known nut say loudly at a party "Oh, yeah, John > and I > > hang out all the time!" leaving you to look off at the ceiling or > something. > >Look, this is -chat. Anything goes. You had no call to resort to >ad hominum attacks on the poster. So your answer is to resort to an ad hominum attack against me? Interesting. I didn't see my post as an "attack" against anyone. I simply stated my opinion of someone else's opinion. I think that certain types of "support" can do your cause more harm than good. And while I'm at it, I'll add that I think that Microsoft's OS and applications have a place in the computing landscape. Perhaps not for the users of this list, but I can understand why they have such a large portion of the market share, and I ain't mad at 'em for it. I don't think I've offended Purser, McKitrick, or anyone else who has been involved in this discussion, so I hope you'll understand if I'm not being very apologetic toward you, Hicks. --Chip Morton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message