From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Oct 31 11:38:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [63.86.88.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 204D937B406 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:38:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 33B6C7578; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:38:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D08B1D93; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:38:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:38:41 -0800 (PST) From: Jamie Bowden To: Brian Sobolak Cc: j mckitrick , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Scylla (pat. pending) and Charibdes.NET In-Reply-To: <196141366504.20011031111007@mindspring.com> Message-ID: Approved: yep X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Brian Sobolak wrote: :Hello j, : :Wednesday, October 31, 2001, 7:52:12 AM, you wrote: : : :jm> Well, rats. I have been supporting Barnes and Noble because of the :jm> patent issue with Amazon. But now I read that Amazon is using Linux and :jm> saving money compared to Unix and (possibly) MS. And BN is using .NET :jm> in its backend for order fulfillment. : :jm> I hate to support amazon, with the patent issue, but i also hate to :jm> support a .net early adopter. : :Why not support your local bookseller instead? Because paying more for a smaller selection is right up there on the list of stupid things to do with your time. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message