From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Aug 21 8: 6: 7 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 D62D837B401 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:05:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca (spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2636F43E70 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:05:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by spqr.osg.gov.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93239EF1F; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:05:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys.cwsent.com (cwsys2 [10.1.2.1]) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7LF5tAq023285; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:05:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsent.com) Received: from cwsys (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7LF5s5M061381; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:05:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsys.cwsent.com) Message-Id: <200208211505.g7LF5s5M061381@cwsys.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com To: "Brandon D. Valentine" Cc: Rik van Riel , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did FreeBSD fail? In-Reply-To: Message from "Brandon D. Valentine" of "Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:39:17 CDT." <20020820181648.S276-100000@taran> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:05:54 -0700 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 In message <20020820181648.S276-100000@taran>, "Brandon D. Valentine" writes: > [ Redirected to -chat from -hackers; I'm not on -chat, keep me Cc'd. ] > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Mosko Bilekic wrote: > > > > > Gentlemen, it's time to explain why FreeBSD is such a > > > failure. > > > > Maybe it's because the developers prefer to spend their > > time and energy on gossip instead of technical issues ? > > > > No wait, those aren't the developers, can't be. Please > > tell me those aren't really the developers... > > Those most certainly aren't the developers. I will go so far to say > with great confidence that the people trolling the list have never > written a decently impressive piece of code in their lives. That is usually the case with everything. Film critics are are those who failed to get any acting jobs. Cooking critics cannot cook. Sports commentators and critics hare rarely played a game or for that matter even set foot in a gym. Many back seat drivers do not have drivers licenses and code critics have rarely written a piece of code. IME, critics are usually wanabes who haven't amounted to much in life. As there is nothing positive in "their sad and sorry excuses for lives" (to take a quote from Tom Leykis) hence all they can contribute is negativity. If the critics want to make this a better planet, they should contribute to society in some way, e.g. an OS project, some charity, or for that matter at the local food bank. Every positive contribution made makes this a happier planet to live on. Unfortunately this world is in the state it is because of critics who fail to lift a finger to help make a difference or when they do something it's negative and destructive. In short, ignore them. They're unhappy and they deserve it. -- Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, CITS Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message