From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 12 06:01:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA20413 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 06:01:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from toth.ferginc.com (toth.ferginc.com [205.139.23.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA20407 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 06:01:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kjm@toth.ferginc.com) Received: (from kjm@localhost) by toth.ferginc.com (You_Can/Keep_Guessing) id IAA02224; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:42:12 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971212084211.63177@toth.FergInc.com> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:42:11 -0500 From: Ken Monville To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs linux Reply-To: Ken.Monville@FergInc.com References: <199712121058.MAA14187@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199712121058.MAA14187@greenpeace.grondar.za>; from Mark Murray on Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 12:58:37PM +0200 Organization: Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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