From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Nov 22 20: 7:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E2CA37B401 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:07:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from catflap.bishopston.net (mailhost1.bishopston.net [24.87.68.243]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB9D243EB2 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:07:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamie@dyslexicfish.com) X-Envelope-From: X-Envelope-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from catflap.bishopston.net (jamie@localhost [IPv6:::1]) by catflap.bishopston.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id gAN47OBO028039; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 04:07:24 GMT (envelope-from jamie@catflap.bishopston.net) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by catflap.bishopston.net (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) id gAN47Orr028025; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 04:07:24 GMT (envelope-from jamie) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 04:07:24 GMT From: Jamie Jones Message-Id: <200211230407.gAN47Orr028025@catflap.bishopston.net> To: anthony@freebie.atkielski.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the desktop (was: TheRegister article on Hotmail) In-Reply-To: <019201c292a1$f4ee67d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Since absolute statements are the exception rather than the rule (and I > normally qualify them as such when making them, personally), "usually" can > be assumed. Errrm Ok. > It's not extreme at all. What is extreme is tossing out or avoiding working > solutions in order to yield to an emotional attachment to some piece of > software. I see it all the time, with people trying to do unreasonable > things with Windows, UNIX, or the Mac (or any number of other software As with most of your original post, I don't disagree with this statement. But now it's gone 4.00am, this is turning into a religious war now, and anyway you'll find that I'm not the zeolot you may perceive me as ! My point was simply that it's not "absurd" to use FreeBSD on the desktop. It's certainly the best choice for me and a number of others, if not for the populace, but that's another argument altogether.. That's really the only thing I wanted to pick up on. Cheers, Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message