From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Aug 20 20:19:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646F937B401 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:19:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C17C43E4A for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:19:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryans@gamersimpact.com) Received: from [24.207.158.217] (helo=[192.168.1.101]) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17hM19-00062m-00; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:18:47 -0700 Subject: Re: Why did FreeBSD fail? From: Ryan Sommers To: nathan@khmere.com Cc: "Brandon D. Valentine" , Rik van Riel , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020820164431.D6449-100000@ns1.khmere.com> References: <20020820164431.D6449-100000@ns1.khmere.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 20 Aug 2002 22:18:59 -0500 Message-Id: <1029899941.906.4.camel@lobo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 19:03, nathan@khmere.com wrote: > > All I can say is wow, > > I have to agree with Mr. Valentine and > also would like to say to the hackers: "please keep on working". I am > positive that their are many people out thier who appreciate the valuable > time and effort that the hackers put into FreeBSD. I know I do ! Here, here. I came to FreeBSD after using Linux for years because of the trolls that started to infest the Linux community. I've now found a new niche that I chose to call home. I may not be all that outspoken but I too have been watching and soaking up as much as I can. > > Why even have a discussion about these trolls and waste time. Just ignore > them and they will go away, maybe they will go and bother the linux people > :-) ! > > FreeBSD is not dead, none of the *BSD's are, and they are *not* failures ! > > -nb > I can't see something as successful as the FreeBSD project dieing because of any the events that have transpired recently. Like anything it will have it's ups and downs. Those that stick it out when we are in the valley will be rewarded when we reach the next peak. -- Ryan "leadZERO" Sommers Gamer's Impact President ryans@gamersimpact.com ICQ: 1019590 AIM/MSN: leadZERO -= http://www.gamersimpact.com =- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message