From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 20 12:10:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14FB21531A for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:10:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA28143; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:09:21 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990720130559.04424840@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:09:07 -0600 To: "David Schwartz" From: Brett Glass Subject: RE: poor ethernet performance? Cc: In-Reply-To: <000001bed2e2$1e4bd280$021d85d1@youwant.to> References: <4.2.0.58.19990720125124.043f7990@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:00 PM 7/20/99 -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > I'm saying ask, argue, sure. Just don't annoy. One of the best places to ask is in that survey. It asks some general questions about UNIX as well as Linux (though it presupposes -- incorrectly -- that everyone who answers will use Linux primarily or even exclusively). There is no better way to reach the right people and raise their awareness of the BSDs. > Actually, I really prefer not to perform what I think you mean by advocacy. >I actually advise people to use and prefer the operating system that is best >for the particular task they are performing. If you want to be able to make that recommendation in the future, it behooves you to actively support options other than Linux. If you do not, they will cease to be viable options. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message