From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 4 13:43:52 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE16A37B401 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:43:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from slytherin.ds.psu.edu (slytherin.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA4243E4A for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:43:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hawk@slytherin.ds.psu.edu) Received: from slytherin.ds.psu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slytherin.ds.psu.edu (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h04KYinm031504; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:34:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@slytherin.ds.psu.edu) Received: (from hawk@localhost) by slytherin.ds.psu.edu (8.12.6/8.12.3/Submit) id h04KYhUH031503; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:34:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:34:43 -0500 From: "Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" To: Mike Jeays Cc: Brett Glass , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Message-ID: <20030104203443.GD30566@slytherin.ds.psu.edu> References: <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <200212312041.gBVKfr183480@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3E120659.3D60EB30@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030104112015.026a5530@localhost> <3E172EF3.9060704@rogers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E172EF3.9060704@rogers.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: House of Hawkins Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 01:58:59PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > Brett Glass wrote: > > GCC is a great gift to the world, and has made a huge difference to > the development of open-source software. It can't be all that mediocre > if it has destroyed the market for higher-quality compilers! Windows is of great benefit to the world. It can't be all that mediocere if it has destroyed the market for higher-quality operating systems! :) That said, this is an arguement that regualrly appears in this list, has been beaten to death, and, most importantly, doesn't belong here. Take it to email or a "talk," "advocacy," or "discussion" list. (and please take the trolls who have latched on with you!). -- Richard E. Hawkins, Asst. Prof. of Economics /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message