Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 01:48:42 -0500 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Robert Backhaus <robbak@robbak.com> Subject: Re: small purposal for change in installworld Message-ID: <2fd864e0710032348q24755caekda97781484005f64@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920710030113q1e0f605cqd0c51b2114edce5d@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920710021757kc553836g8aae00ca139830f6@mail.gmail.com> <d4499580710030004m2fb57600ke9e4ac7159e95fb7@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920710030011m735a7b53y572510ac74bf1cb5@mail.gmail.com> <2fd864e0710030030h1bbacc5enc6e1502cb2929dbf@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920710030113q1e0f605cqd0c51b2114edce5d@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/3/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > > Given the inherent dangers of using cvsup, and updating from source, I > > do not believe this... minor barrier to entry really deserves > > consideration, and I'm sure we can all agree that it really would be > > best to paint it blue. > > Even though your quiet right from a techinical stand point I think > this is one of the attitudes that has kept FreeBSD from being > considered by linux people... namely your right on this specific point > but the attitude behind is likelly to be a turn off > I don't see the FreeBSD project as directly targeting Windows, or Linux desktop users. The PC-BSD and DesktopBSD projects cover this nicely. I'm not entirely certain I'd want someone who was turned off by this behavior using vanilla FreeBSD in the first place. --- Harrison
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