From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 14 01:49:17 2003 Return-Path: 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 E19AA37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:49:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate.packet.org.uk (public2-with1-3-cust50.bagu.broadband.ntl.com [80.5.52.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CDB343F75 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:49:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd-x@packet.org.uk) Received: from xaphod by mailgate.packet.org.uk with local (Exim 4.20) id 19bz1D-000Lyf-6Q; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:49:11 +0000 Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:49:11 +0100 From: Peter McGarvey To: Paul Robinson Message-ID: <20030714084911.GA84458@packet.org.uk> References: <20030714083046.GA8118@iconoplex.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030714083046.GA8118@iconoplex.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Don't tell -advocacy, they might get ideas... X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:49:18 -0000 * Paul Robinson [2003-07-14 09:32:12 BST]: > As the friend who pointed it out to me said: "Now that's marketing". Perhaps > somebody should consider offering FreeBSD on similar terms: > > http://milkyway.has.it/ > > Or then again, maybe not. :-) > > Make sure you scroll down for the "articles" - the "Salient Features of > Linux" certainly cheered up my Monday morning. Trust me, it would take too > long to argue against each of these points here on the list, so don't > bother. Just read, nod wisely and feel smug you're not that stupid. :-) Well, personally I'm still trying to figure out what planet this guy is on. Once I've worked this out I'll then be in a position to to comment on the cluenessless quotient.... -- TTFN, FNORD Peter McGarvey Freelance FreeBSD Hacker (will work for bandwidth)