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Date:      Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:42:11 -0500
From:      Ken Monville <Ken.Monville@FergInc.com>
To:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs linux
Message-ID:  <19971212084211.63177@toth.FergInc.com>
In-Reply-To: <199712121058.MAA14187@greenpeace.grondar.za>; from Mark Murray on Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 12:58:37PM %2B0200
References:  <199712121058.MAA14187@greenpeace.grondar.za>

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On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 12:58:37PM +0200, Mark Murray wrote:
> "John S. Dyson" wrote:
> > I have been trying to restrain myself, but the personal invectives
> > are hard to deal with.  My problem is that I will not be assimulated
> > by either Borg1(Microsoft) or Borg2(Linux).  The individual Borg
> > call themselves "drones", and there are "thousands" of them.
> 
> I, for one couldn't give a tinker's cuss how many lemmings want to jump
> over the cliff edge. I am happy with what I have and what I do. Most
> importantly, I am very happy with the folk that I am doing it with.
> 
> John, all of y'all (is that how you say it?) are doing a GREAT job
> IMO, and in the collective opinion of very many people with me at work
> who are OS converts --> FreeBSD (from many).
> 
> Forget the idiots. There are FreeBSD twits as well.
> 
> I go by 3 laws:
> 
> 1) Do not hit shit; it splatters, and you get your hand dirty.
> 
> 2) Do not argue with fools; outsiders cannot tell the difference.
> 
> 3) Smile, it could get worse. [1]
> 

I have a little saying taped to the bottom of my monitor.. I forget where I got it from, but I don't take credit for it...

4)  Never argue with an idiot.  They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.

I find most of usenet flamewars tend to be like this and therefore stay away.  :-)

ken
-- 
Ken Monville
Internet Coordinator, Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
Ken.Monville@FergInc.com



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