From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 13 21:16:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA15425 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 21:16:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA15334 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 21:15:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-103.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.103]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id XAA28584; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 23:15:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA05719; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:02:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199806140002.TAA05719@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Peter D. Pawelek" cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Is Linux leaving FreeBSD behind? In-reply-to: Message from "Peter D. Pawelek" of "Sat, 13 Jun 1998 10:52:36 EDT." <3.0.5.32.19980613105236.007f3100@mail.axess.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:02:01 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Peter D. Pawelek" writes: > > In fact, it's just grown by one...me. :) > > I've just jumped ship from Linux (Slackware user for 3 years) to FreeBSD > since I fear that the Linux 'community' is starting to balkanize (ie. > RedHat's largely divisive strategy of 'market' domination and > de-standardization) and will likely degenerate into a muddled anarchy > within a few years. I've also grown tired of the core of Linux users who > evangelize the gospel according to GNU. Very well put. Describes my feelings about 3 years ago when I jumped off Linux when it crashed and trashed its filesystems the 3rd time in one week. FreeBSD filesystems may be slower, but losing data is even slower. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message