From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 08:21:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2FA16A4B3 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 08:21:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E8A43FB1 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 08:21:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net) Received: from 235.st-louis-108-109rs.mo.dial-access.att.net ([12.85.107.235]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13) with SMTP id <2003101115211411300c438re>; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:21:15 +0000 From: Jonathan To: Advocacy Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:21:20 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310111021.20897.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: A case of FreeBSD users shooting all FreeBSD users in the foot X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:21:17 -0000 On Saturday 11 October 2003 03:41 am, you wrote: > I have talked to others who said they just won't post anymore.. So I can > certainly see someone new just saying screw this and staying with Linux or > Windows. That is exactly what happens Nicole: When those people unleash those flames never consider the consequences. I have to wonder how many businesses have rejected FreeBSD because some prospect "asked a stupid question". The whole flamming and "RTFM" phenomena is really an ego trip for people who are just so in love with themselves. -- Kind regards, Jonathan