From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 03:10:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DFF616A403 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2006 03:10:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@hiwaay.net) Received: from bee.hiwaay.net (bee.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 750D743CA5 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2006 03:09:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@hiwaay.net) Received: from [10.0.0.2] ([216.186.148.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by bee.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kB53AS9J1289064 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:10:30 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <200612041443.15154.josh@tcbug.org> References: <200612041443.15154.josh@tcbug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Kelly Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:10:36 -0600 To: Josh Paetzel X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Venting my frustration with FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:10:32 -0000 On Dec 4, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Josh Paetzel wrote: > If you *do* decide to flame me please take a moment to grep for > josh@tcbug.org through the ports tree, or look for PR's with my name > on them, or browse through the questions@ mailing list archives > looking for responses from me. I have, and do, contribute to > FreeBSD, which I feel gives me the right to complain a bit. I fully > intend to ride the FBSD boat as long as possible, I just can't help > but wonder if the slow leaks I see now are serious. Know what I like best about FreeBSD? That this thread has NOT become a flamefest. That FreeBSD users and developers know the difference between constructive criticism and a troll. Know how to take constructive criticism, and how to ignore a troll. And just so there isn't any doubt, Josh's posting is "constructive criticism." -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.