From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 02:32:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2908916A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:32:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8D7243D2F for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:31:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33596110 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:31:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27297-04 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:31:56 -0600 (CST) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 985BA60F0 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:31:56 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <420EBC2C.9020206@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:32:12 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050101) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1935025570.20050211232605@wanadoo.fr> <823306184.20050212113045@wanadoo.fr> <3689589ceb0c4136e92d14c65c5df940@chrononomicon.com> <546604224.20050212220510@wanadoo.fr> <5df61a9fd90e3f232682f5bf3251b9ae@chrononomicon.com> <1309842218.20050212222019@wanadoo.fr> <7044a5988c64b9ed12925e7de3bae075@chrononomicon.com> <999277958.20050213025654@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <999277958.20050213025654@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic Subject: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... A request to the moderators... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:32:00 -0000 Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Bart Silverstrim writes: > > >>Every $ spent on a product is another $ supporting it. > > > Incidentally true, but not always the objective. > > >>Rarely. > > > Frequently. Many software choices and upgrade decisions today are > driven primarily or solely by a need to become or remain compatible with > other business partners. > > >>Business...some people find alternatives that can read more than one >>format. > > > Sometimes there are no alternatives. Sometimes there is no advantage in > looking for alternatives, since the usual choice is also the best > choice. > I respectfully ask the moderator of the list to kill these threads. People keep feeding this animal, and the animal remains. It's apparent that many wish not to try to stick with the rules of the list. That being said, I pose the question again to the moderator - Please, kill these threads that have nothing to do with the list itself. -- Best regards, Chris The big guys always win.