From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jun 25 09:37:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA06468 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:37:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from send1b.yahoomail.com (send1b.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA06463 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:37:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simon_v_mendoza@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <19980625160001.28158.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> Received: from [128.58.111.30] by send1b; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:00:00 PDT Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:00:00 -0700 (PDT) From: simon mendoza Subject: Re: How important is "the OS?" To: Rick Hamell , Tim Gerchmez Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org A few questions to enhaced Tim's discussion: 1) have you all read Victor Orwell's "1994"? 2) Don't you think that the greek theory of "Brutus happiness"(I'm happy because I fish and eat, the rest I don't care) is against democracy?(the greeks stated the fundaments of democracy later developed by the romans) 3) Why shouldn't I think that it is "unnatural" to be tied up with something (be it in the form of an OS or a brand of detergent) and for get about the "freedom of choice" that prevails in this ever changing world? 4) What if it's not UNIX, but GNUOS, BEOS or SARDos, the one that breaks the MS monopoly? and to end this set of questions.. 5) did you know that the Roman empire was so successful that ruled the known world (at that time) but once it dismantled itself was never to revive? Warm greetings to all Simon. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message