From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 22:15:42 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 17E4D106564A for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f14.google.com (mail-bw0-f14.google.com [209.85.218.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD2D8FC12 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:15:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so4739459bwz.19 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:15:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=B6pITVsP/XU/Fq1+/agqNEEKMgAvLVQz3kCZeJtdDeo=; b=lYoxb2AqHfBvdsMCH05JDPSbzNj286pFcJrMrvuSvVMptMF3+MFeAPb7PnXheXBJE+ khKdTb07K+rAscHfQFtBHqeuKTlKIX0VkYki+sYWglk2SKe9DviadrRhuzFC5ZEPOFV2 jCaGVbVL5shXst+ES3kvbmapDa7AmYxj9ci7M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=HCSTk5DFLBrZYSwHw9msZmRg5anbuKOfkDu3AFhq0l1balYnwlkcPxexKBsdJiCS3X 8dsenvbM1I4dyzcyIZvvGCdIu8ajYpUMnNzAYK7ck0ta5dcWe5CxLkgWNS1Onu/Nq+KS THht7aKgSgCzWcnR02+EpAtYkmQTKut9O+udk= Received: by 10.103.192.2 with SMTP id u2mr2409782mup.2.1229206538903; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:15:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.169.16 with HTTP; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:15:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310812131415j155967dbsb4ea39e30b6e7f6f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:15:38 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: "Wojciech Puchar" In-Reply-To: <20081213205742.U44489@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20081212112516.5b16a5e3@gom.home> <20081213134743.L9288@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213194509.GB51063@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213205742.U44489@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: 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 22:15:42 -0000 On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>>> freebsd-chat@? >>> >>> indeed. with this and other non-freebsd topics >> >> You, yourself, spawn this kind of digression into off-topicness every now >> and then. Perhaps *you* should reserve some of *your* comments for >> freebsd-chat, too. > > And certainly will AFTER such offtopic discussion won't be appearing here. > > i mean such offtopic discussion like: > > - comparision of things that can't be compared, and are not FreeBSD > specific, like "what is better windoze or KDE" > I have yet to see a topic on questions@ regarding windows vs KDE. > - how to make is KDE/Gnome - it's not FreeBSD > specific, of course we can answer how to do it without KDE/Gnome :) > I agree with this, to a point. That's what freebsd-kde@, freebsd-gnome@ are for, but sometimes questions are too generalized, and end up here. > - "When there will be 64-bit Nvidia Xorg support" - ask NVidia or Xorg team. > It's not part of FreeBSD > It is, indirectly. Although the FreeBSD developers shouldn't be responsible for this kind of thing, they most probably have more direct contact and "inside information" with these type of vendors. > > after there will be stopped, i will stop complaining Doubtful. -- Glen Barber