From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 13 23:37:35 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 9616716A420 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:37:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-119.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-119.bluehost.com [69.89.22.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C9EC13C458 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:37:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 6158 invoked by uid 0); 13 Feb 2008 23:18:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by xmail.bluehost.com with SMTP; 13 Feb 2008 23:18:40 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JPQsC-0006s8-Cz for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:18:40 -0700 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:18:39 -0700 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:18:39 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080213231839.GI68467@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080208083120.Q1424@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080210103930.016b24a2@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080210103930.016b24a2@makeworld.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.9.123.251 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} 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: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:37:35 -0000 On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 10:39:30AM -0600, Chris wrote: > 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!!! 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."