Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:32:17 +1200 From: Jamie Walker <jj.walker@auckland.ac.nz> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: Jamie Walker <jj.walker@auckland.ac.nz>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Just an observation - MUA's seen in the lists Message-ID: <20010416193216.A31543@auckland.ac.nz> In-Reply-To: <200104160645.f3G6jYe35568@ns1.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 02:45:32AM -0400 References: <200104140000.RAA20921@usr02.primenet.com>; <20010416115528.B29831@auckland.ac.nz> <200104160645.f3G6jYe35568@ns1.unixathome.org>
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 02:45:32AM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > That's simply not true. There may be some people who "have a hatred > of anything Linux." but I've never met one. If you look around, I think > you'll find that any serious advocates neither condemn or exhode hatred > towards any other operating systems. Of course there are the "Linux > Sucks"-kiddies, but they and their ilk exist within any community. They > are by no means representative of the community. Indeed not, but I personally tire of the way many in the community feel the need to measure themselves against Linux. I'm a Linux user as well as a FreeBSD user, and if I want to read about Linux there are any number of Linux mailing lists I can read. I don't need to see the regular references on pretty much most of the mailing lists hosted by freebsd.org. To my mind, -advocacy is a good place for comparisons, and the other legitimate reason for posting to other lists is for questions like "In Linux, I do XXX. How can I do the same in FreeBSD?" The IRC channels are far worse; this is why I tend not to join them any more. -- Fone: +64-9-373-7599 x4679 Room: 2.315, E&EE Dept, School of Engineering Work: jj.walker@auckland.ac.nz Home: jamiew@clear.net.nz ICQ: 5632563 or shout loudly To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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