From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 11 23:58:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69FAF10656E8 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:58:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E20AD8FC16 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:58:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-196-68-238.dynamic.qsc.de [92.196.68.238]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5775D3D3DE; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:58:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id mBBNwjMK002591; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:58:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:58:45 +0100 From: Polytropon To: prad Message-Id: <20081212005845.1fd5ca15.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20081211154406.7eb6038b@gom.home> References: <20081207093713.O5433@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081207082932.04a7cf16@scorpio> <11167f520812070853i3b6fa6dei6e5c71669416470@mail.gmail.com> <20081207191727.V1610@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081207193517.GA20905@laverenz.de> <20081207121431.5dcb37f9@gom.home> <1228733482.4495.14.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081211103742.21621a6d@gom.home> <20081211190951.GB845@comcast.net> <20081211113257.405a082c@gom.home> <20081211202023.GC845@comcast.net> <20081211134622.15c81ecd@gom.home> <20081211230324.751ec325.freebsd@edvax.de> <20081211154406.7eb6038b@gom.home> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:58:58 -0000 On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:44:06 -0800, prad wrote: > may be the mac people can use your line here in one of their > commercials :D But only if Mac OS X supports 8.3 filenames. :-) > > You give them computing power not imaginable 10 years ago, and > > they treat their system like a worse typewriter and start > > complaining that it doesn't read their mind... > > > it's really fascinating, isn't it!! It's even more fascinating if you realized that there are people really thinking this way, without any joke. "The computer has to know what I want, and if it doesn't, it's worthless crap." > Tech Support: "What version of Windows do you have installed?" > Customer: "... Double glazed." >From the "Operating systems" page: Tech Support: "May I ask what operating system you are running today?" Customer: "A computer." Sure. :-) > there really are some true gems on that site, so i'm going to pass it > on to others ... For example "Why should I pay you to work on my computer?" > the only problem is that some of those others may have > done exactly some of those things that are on that site. :D :D The "4X cup holder" woman, "Miss Backup" or "Mr. Modem"? :-) Yeah, I know, "Computer Stupidities" is great, and it's no scarry fiction (SF). Finally (or first?) note the words of Charles Babbage, presented on the main page: "On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...