Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:08:02 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Achim Patzner <ap@bnc.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? Message-ID: <20080731110802.GB28990@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <D690D5A4-65AC-460A-AD17-09BBEADD937A@bnc.net> References: <op.uevchzc99aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <C5BCB173-CB87-4739-99CB-74CF7E76FBC4@ixsystems.com> <86y73j341e.fsf@ds4.des.no> <B057C10B-1269-4295-AA90-24E7AE9D9F08@bnc.net> <86bq0ftjf6.fsf@ds4.des.no> <8C2BF4B9-14CD-40EA-B22E-DBB7060BFE46@bnc.net> <e71790db0807301745i60747da1vdbeb5650421b522f@mail.gmail.com> <3A7C430E-AA1C-4CF3-88F5-F7A0EBE3273A@bnc.net> <20080731100821.GA15213@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <D690D5A4-65AC-460A-AD17-09BBEADD937A@bnc.net>
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:48:02PM +0200, Achim Patzner wrote:
> I don't care.
I can see that; thanks for summing it up.
>> The amount of rhetoric in these two paragraphs is amazing; I literally
>> cannot tell if you're trolling with anti-FreeBSD propaganda, or if
>> you're trolling with pro-FreeBSD propaganda. Congratulations, you've
>> confused at least one reader.
>
> Wrong on both counts. I'm just using the appropriate tools for the jobs
> that need to be done. And on the desktop FreeBSD just plain sucks in
> comparison to Mac OS. And after all, Mac users need FreeBSD - who else
> should provide them with all the nice things from ipfw to the user land?
> Would you really expect Apple to do it all on its own?
>
> Face it: The real difference between servers and desktops is the "who
> has to bend over"-question. Servers are adapted to the software they
> are going to run while on "personal computers" the software has to adapt
> to the machine ("I want that shiny Sony. I don't care if the hardware
> sucks, it's beautiful."). And Chuck is quite definitely lacking at
> bending
> over...
You just did it again -- anti-FreeBSD propaganda and pro-FreeBSD
propaganda in a single paragraph, followed by an oddly-skewed
server-to-desktop comparison, something about computer cosmetics, then a
strange comment about the beastie/Chuck which seems to be negative but
could be positive depending on how you look at it.
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