Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:54:19 -0500 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081214055419.6c96d993@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <1229234726.18610.112.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212120437.B3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181258.GE36348@kokopelli.hydra> <ghuau9$juk$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081212203202.H4803@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212150228.520ad7f8@scorpio> <20081212212931.F5072@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213094403.GH39031@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213104642.M8959@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213200543.GC51063@kokopelli.hydra> <1229234726.18610.112.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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--Sig_/=X_5BNXME7z2oDMkMHOC8yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:05:26 +1000 Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> wrote: >On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 13:05 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 10:46:55AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> > >>>I honestly have no idea what you are trying to communicate here. >> > >> >> > >>exactly what i wrote. the problem is that people like You (and >> > >>millions others) are willing to buy product without any >> > >>documentation. >> > > >> > >You may find this surprising, but sometimes circumstances lead >> > >people to make purchases of "total package" products rather than >> > >building something >> >=20 >> > there are products for them. >>=20 >> In other words, your answer seems to be: >>=20 >> "We don't want users who like FreeBSD, but want to use it on a >> laptop. FreeBSD should never be used on a laptop." >>=20 >> I'd say I can safely ignore you, knowing that's your attitude, if it >> weren't for the fact that a lot of other people won't know that down >> the line, and you may permanently damage the FreeBSD project by >> chasing off potential contributors. >>=20 >> Is there any way I can get you to stop being such a contentious >> trojan horse of an enemy to the FreeBSD project? >>=20 > >If one were spiritually minded one might see another reason behind >this. Reminds me of a posting I recently saw on Slashdot: (paraphrased) Criticizing FreeBSD =3D Flame Bait; Criticizing MS Windows =3D Insightful --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Remember that there is an outside world to see and enjoy. Hans Liepmann --Sig_/=X_5BNXME7z2oDMkMHOC8yy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklE5eQACgkQBvaKIJWWCO14pwCfYC5E7tzRVYiWLvihB/Zu5S8O MmgAn0Zpba1zU1UDKUXfhA29CSORUTWw =8lBo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/=X_5BNXME7z2oDMkMHOC8yy--
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