From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 00:29:13 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 186AE1065673 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:29:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C41B8FC1B for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:29:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl7-22.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.134.22]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id mBD0Suht024868 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:29:01 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBD0SupY095702; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:28:56 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mBD0Stc0095701; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:28:55 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Wojciech Puchar References: <20081207193517.GA20905@laverenz.de> <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <200812112345.20572.perlcat@alltel.net> <20081212174607.GC36348@kokopelli.hydra> <4942B6A3.504@gmail.com> <18754.48923.616173.319215@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081212205614.GB37185@kokopelli.hydra> <31371229120906@webmail12.yandex.ru> <87iqppdlzh.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:28:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> (Wojciech Puchar's message of "Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:22:15 +0100 (CET)") Message-ID: <877i64c3zt.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: mBD0Suht024868 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.294, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.10, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Usr Random , Chad Perrin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors 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: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:29:13 -0000 On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:22:15 +0100 (CET), Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> There is _nothing_ that is inherently "server oriented" about the main >> FreeBSD tree, and it hasn't "split" to anything of the sort. > > exactly! FreeBSD is unix oriented! > > everything else depends on what you install. > > that's why it would be good to finally introduce moderation on that > list That's a logical leap I am not comfortable with. Back when I posted my first question here, some time during the summer of 1999, it seemed very nice that older FreeBSD users replied to my questions without chastising me for being "off topic". It seems natural to return the favor now, and reply to *all* questions that I can help with; even if their relation to FreeBSD is very 'weak'. The spirit of replying to all questions, even if they are similar to ``How do I process images with a Photoshop-like program on FreeBSD?'', or even ``Windows lets me use FOO and do BAR. Is there something like this in FreeBSD?'', seems to be one of the *good* aspects of this list. Why should we destroy that good aspect by introducing moderation?