Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:18:46 -0500 (EST) From: "Mark Yeck" <y3k@gti.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <3364.208.216.122.72.1006262326.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu> In-Reply-To: <hwbshwyii3.shw@localhost.localdomain> References: <hwbshwyii3.shw@localhost.localdomain>
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(Gary W. Swearingen) <swear@blarg.net> writes: > BTW, I haven't minded your messages at all, even though I too hate M# > and the clueless consumers who allowed M$ to take twenty years to > incorporate ancient technology in the creation of a halfways-decent OS. > I suppose OT messages are worthy of complaint, but I haven't seen much > effort to move this discussion elsewhere; it's unfair to get in more OT > jabs and then ask you to stop. > > Your posts are well worded and thought-provoking and I hope they result > in some cross-fertilization of ideas and fill in some of the many blind > spots that both you and we have. (And you definitely seem to be > wearing some blinders, some of which I'm sure some more Unix experience > will remove.) I've wished that more Unix people would have read "The > Unix Hater's Handbook" since it came out in 1994. Our problems are > only partially from our blinders; we mostly suffer from lack of > manpower. I agree with all of this, and couldn't have said it better. Most of his criticisms appear to have been meant to be constructive, and he appears willing and capable of making a contribution. If I received as much grief as he has here, I would have left a long time ago. -mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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