From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 10 16:39:32 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 7AFA816A418 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:39:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from omr13.networksolutionsemail.com (omr13.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.63]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A73F13C44B for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:39:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr13.mgt.hosting.dc2.netsol.com [10.49.6.76]) by omr13.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id m1AGdVRl011625 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:39:31 -0500 Received: (qmail 1664 invoked by uid 78); 10 Feb 2008 16:39:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO makeworld.com) (71.113.195.85) by ns-omr13.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 10 Feb 2008 16:39:31 -0000 Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:39:30 -0600 From: Chris To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080210103930.016b24a2@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20080208083120.Q1424@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Organization: Makeworld.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:39:32 -0000 On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:12:37 -0800 "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wojciech Puchar [mailto:wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl] > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:32 PM > > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > > Cc: millueradfa@yahoo.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: RE: Some ideas for FreeBSD > > > > > > > It is one thing to add support for a POSIX call into FreeBSD. > > > That's fine. > > > > > > It's quite another to break a header or supply hacky 32-bit-only > > > code in a library or some such just because Linux does the same > > > brain-dead stuff and the Linux maintainers are too stubborn or > > > stupid to fix Linux. > > > > > don't forget that linux changed from being good unix OS to be > > windows competitor. and it's competing well. > > > > Ah, something to strive for! :-) > > Reason # 1 to be happy with Linux: It attracts all the morons who > would otherwise fuck up FreeBSD? Oh my! Ted my man! I'm sure that was a remark! As you do know, many of us happy BSD'ers are well versed in Linux-eeze and actually live very happily in both worlds. I would hate to think I may fall into that category! Oh wait! I do! Doh!!! -- Best regards, Chris Luke Skywalker: I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.