Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:03:37 -0600 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com> To: Tom Vilot <tom@vilot.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supermicro Hardware and FreeBSD Message-ID: <bc5b63850501051303ce5d132@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41DC5507.5000908@vilot.com> References: <1f7.3df7ca4.2f0da905@aol.com> <41DC5507.5000908@vilot.com>
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:58:47 -0700, Tom Vilot <tom@vilot.com> wrote: > Tm4528@aol.com wrote: > Besides ... with a name like hardcodeharry, I would expect a little more > intelligence; a little more willingness to dig into things. A slight > tendency to ask the question: "how can I hack this code to work, and how > would I contribute those modifications to the BSD team?" > > But I see none of that. > > In short: troll. > > Anyone with a reasonable desire to use any of the *nixes would have > enough smarts to know: > > 1. check the hardware compatibility lists to determine whether or not > the hardware you want to run is going to work with the particular *nix > you want to use. This is no different between BSD and Linux, Solaris, etc. > > 2. Don't expect every damn piece of hardware out there to work out of > the box with an older version of the kernel for the given *nix. This is > NOT WINDOWS (thank god) and just because you have a particular piece of > hardware doesn't mean it's going to work. It is your responsibility to > know this and to work with it. > > 3. Ask questions politely in the appropriate forums, and be civil. > Failing to do so is probably not going to get your question answered. > > I for one was drafting a post for this list thanking *everyone* on it > for being the kind of terrific help they are when Boris' post appeared. > The kind of discourse I see on this list (and on other BSD oriented > lists) is a huge and welcome contrast to the childish banter I see on > most of the Linux (and MacOS and Windows) discussion lists out there. It > is like the kind of professional enthusiasm I remember on the BeOS lists. > > As a result ... please pardon me if I am intolerant of behavior and > attitudes that sound to me like that which I left behind when I put > FreeBSD on my laptop and two servers .... Very well said, Tom, and accurate. Thank you. -- Joshua Lokken Open Source Advocate
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