From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 2 22:32:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F9691065672 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:32:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vulpes.vvelox.net (sula-ki.vvelox.net [99.69.115.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 153CF8FC1F for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:32:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net (unknown [192.168.14.2]) (Authenticated sender: v.velox) by vulpes.vvelox.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 446FBB845; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:23:54 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:23:41 -0500 From: "Zane C.B." To: Charlie Kester 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/fYHK0DOn2UYSU=P165Gjjqa"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:32:46 -0000 --Sig_/fYHK0DOn2UYSU=P165Gjjqa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:06:21 -0800 Charlie Kester wrote: > No, it's more than the GPL licensing, although that's bad enough. >=20 > GNU software is often bloated. Way too many commandline switches > (using an overly verbose syntax). Feature creep everywhere, not > just on the commandline.=20 >=20 > It runs counter to the basic Unix philosophy of small, cooperating > programs, each doing one thing and doing it well. >=20 > 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. --Sig_/fYHK0DOn2UYSU=P165Gjjqa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkwuZvMACgkQqrJJy0yxYQDZLQCfRvlooo+mrhslwO2ZqvIZIBRO ucMAnjWmAWvMsgZKQJFW4aNNsRjbMBfX =oLhy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/fYHK0DOn2UYSU=P165Gjjqa--