Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:18:39 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20080213231839.GI68467@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20080210103930.016b24a2@makeworld.com> References: <20080208083120.Q1424@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCGEFPCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20080210103930.016b24a2@makeworld.com>
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On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 10:39:30AM -0600, Chris wrote: > On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:12:37 -0800 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> 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 </Sarcasm> 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!!! I don't believe he said that morons were the *only* people attracted to Linux. Something can be a lightning rod and still serve as a place to tie off your clothesline (to stretch a metaphor) every now and then. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Marvin Minsky: "It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game."
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