Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:16:55 +0200 From: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sorry, I just couldn't let this go by... Message-ID: <19990902121655.14581@ns.int.ftf.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990901152642.047b0250@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 04:43:10PM -0600 References: <804.936177954@localhost> <4.2.0.58.19990901152642.047b0250@localhost>
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Brett Glass writes: > > No, Jordan, I do not "slam" FreeBSD or BSD UNIX in general, and you should > not attempt to discredit me by making this false claim. I do carefully critique > the way in which BSD UNIX in general is being marketed, promoted, and evangelized. <PARSE ERROR> TO criticize (criticise, UK spelling) A critique </PARSE ERROR> > Advocacy is more than just being a "booster" or shouting "Rah! Rah!" on the > sidelines. It also involves identifying problems and solving them. It seems > as if some of the members of this list would rather shoot the messenger than > deal with FreeBSD's problems in the area of marketing and evangelism. Recognition > of the problem -- which even according to David's numbers is growing > exponentially -- is necessary before right action can be taken. You're trying to get people to forcefully "recognize" a problem. And I say "a" problem because so far you're disagreeing with David Greenman's "non-scientific" approach to gathering the data. Tell me, then, what the scientifically correct way would be ? -- Division by Zero error -- multiplying by zero to recover. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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