Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:30:50 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: FreeBSD Advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Core Team <core@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Enough already! (was: FreeBSD on the desktop (was: TheRegister article on Hotmail)) Message-ID: <20021125040050.GA41068@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <043901c29424$958a5680$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <3DDF7691.22726.4FCB4F2@localhost> <02dc01c29338$320168c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3DDFF5A3.10708@mtbiker.net> <02ed01c2933c$e2b7c390$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3DE00F41.D5D828E9@mindspring.com> <031c01c29356$7f408300$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3DE071F3.F7D8CAAA@mindspring.com> <038501c293b4$2a6a6f90$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3DE16EFF.E1E15BFD@mindspring.com> <043901c29424$958a5680$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Monday, 25 November 2002 at 2:47:16 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Terry writes: > >> "Whatever cheaper". Operating systems are a commodity, like >> telephone long distance service or cell phone provider, or the >> company you buy your computer from: whoever is cheaper. > > Unfortunately, this is not true. Operating systems determine the > personality of a computer and the choice of applications that will > run upon it. Unless one has specific applications in mind and one > knows that they will or must run on a specific OS, the best choice > of OS is the one that will run the widest variety of applications, > thus minimizing the likelihood that one will be obliged to change > operating systems in order to install new applications in the > future. Anthony, in the last couple of days we've had approximately 70 messages of this nature from you. The FreeBSD project maintains mailing lists for specific purposes, and the charters determine what is on topic and what is not. As others have commented, your messages, including this one, are generally off-topic. I've asked you in private to tone it down, and your reply suggests that you have no intention of complying. Please stop, or we will have to take measures to stop you. It's true that you're not the only one contributing to this thread from hell. To the rest of you, if you think he's a troll, remember: trolls need feeding. Don't feed him, and he might go away. And you, too, have an obligation to stay on topic. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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