From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 03:23:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87161106564A for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:23:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifikhan@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EF18FC08 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:23:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifikhan@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id g9so1756859rvb.3 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:23:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=pBnRUuEjoiWV19HKo/r8T6Grxskc1xTQLFlgNgUM8FE=; b=fMrTyMpgybNYW9Z0Oi0bWU25OmxATHMZI71ZAI3TCD6FE2mclfSQmtBt+TKs3JRq1H 3KGXWPwy0v5/YIvqydmCGGQaXAjHkgNlgebtkb4FGTxjol1rly5oarLpE+bPwZ8A5sk2 E0XPMNyVfmRhS5/UQsVGWQs8PsPMyb6SdudPk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=NJowtQP89iGbFXcunTKBYE6jyLHH/gTGRwDeN8r4Sa9H9QVAn2Giu5JfiGdOMEjh8P EkilpTOrPO7pzD1j7GTtymjOqJTAQwiTu2t5SsV6Y3WMO4ruRPS3ra5fwVHDHF0Tvwew xNZ6pwAD6ZWfr2TJHbfc+l18ZIqlrId+C3rP8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: saifikhan@gmail.com Received: by 10.141.29.14 with SMTP id g14mr1786928rvj.232.1235359396071; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:23:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49A1A658.40700@daleco.biz> References: <9ef7e7380902220154t74657d52uc9497c77672b79f8@mail.gmail.com> <9a52b1190902220711u65e38320t97ca56547bef246d@mail.gmail.com> <20090222164905.K65506@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <9a52b1190902220807w42ca789frf30e745378522556@mail.gmail.com> <20090222162459.GA59633@phenom.cordula.ws> <20090222182600.C65790@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <49A1A658.40700@daleco.biz> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:23:16 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: d965ac692c0f8fc2 Message-ID: <9a52b1190902221923t3cd4a350w358a97552d775fc@mail.gmail.com> From: Saifi Khan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: hi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:23:16 -0000 On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:07:44PM +0000, Saifi Khan wrote: >>>> >>>> The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular >>>> FreeBSD needs growth. > > > I think that one of FBSD's guiding principles is *correctness* > ... or, at least, that's one of the higher values of the community. Higher value ? sounds to me like an overdraft limit ! It still doesn't explain, (as suggested by Wojciech) why the new user must keep buying new network interface cards just to make FreeBSD run (when most of those cards will work fine with Linux). > By way of evidence, I present the following > terms, used frequently in correspondence on these lists: > > It Just Works(tm) > The Right Way(tm) > "canonical" > P.O.L.A. > > And be sure and check today's .sig ;-) > > Kevin Kinsey > -- > Grandpa used to say --- "What is right is not always popular, > and what is popular is not always right." You're right, Grandpa used to run the guzzler Buick which "IS" neither popular nor right ! -- thanks Saifi.