Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 18:53:17 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: W Gerald Hicks <gehicks@pacbell.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD spokesman. Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010705185013.00bb8420@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3B4506A3.5E15D22C@pacbell.net> References: <20010704203411.16408.qmail@web13605.mail.yahoo.com> <20010704142712.D2156@lpt.ens.fr> <20010704203411.16408.qmail@web13605.mail.yahoo.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705115552.0468ce00@localhost>
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At 06:30 PM 7/5/2001, W Gerald Hicks wrote: >> [from some caustic irritant on -chat] Arguing ad hominem, as you do above, is the caustic irritant. These issues are important and should be discussed in a level-headed fashion. >Advocacy often seems to be overrated, especially by the loudest and most >ineffective advocates. Advocacy has been responsible for the overwhelming amount of press enjoyed by Linux -- even though it is technologically inferior to the BSDs and licensed in a way that is truly dangerous to businesses and others. >Similarly, it's an amazing thing how incompetent people are often >convinced they are the most competent. See the comment above about argumentum ad hominem. >Please don't CC me on any followups. I won't cc you. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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