Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:23:41 -0500 From: "Zane C.B." <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity Message-ID: <20100702172341.1704b478@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> In-Reply-To: <20100301010620.GB2894@comcast.net> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> <20100228185353.GA4307@apollo.podro.com> <201003010026.RAA21457@lariat.net> <20100301010620.GB2894@comcast.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:06:21 -0800 Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> wrote: > No, it's more than the GPL licensing, although that's bad enough. > > GNU software is often bloated. Way too many commandline switches > (using an overly verbose syntax). Feature creep everywhere, not > just on the commandline. > > It runs counter to the basic Unix philosophy of small, cooperating > programs, each doing one thing and doing it well. > > If you don't understand that there's an aesthetic aspect to Unix, > you'll miss what a lot of people are complaining about with GNUish > stuff. General to me it has felt to be the complete opposite. In that they are fairly feature barren to what exists for FreeBSD. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkwuZvMACgkQqrJJy0yxYQDZLQCfRvlooo+mrhslwO2ZqvIZIBRO ucMAnjWmAWvMsgZKQJFW4aNNsRjbMBfX =oLhy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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