From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 8 7:19:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D426837B71A for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 07:19:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 2889 invoked by uid 100); 8 Mar 2001 15:19:37 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15015.41737.835854.904585@guru.mired.org> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:19:37 -0600 To: j mckitrick Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are we fighting a losing battle? (ramblings) In-Reply-To: <20010308150221.A47202@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010307161527.A37768@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <15014.53710.910976.69576@guru.mired.org> <20010308150221.A47202@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> X-Mailer: VM 6.89 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org j mckitrick types: > | Linux is another one. Those trying to make Linux popular have made it > | so much like Windows that I consider it unusable (but there are some > | distributions I think are reasonable). However, I'm all for those > No argument here! Linux has followed the same 'everything but the kitchen > sink, treat the user like an idiot' approach in many distros. Which > distros *do* you like? Since you asked - TurboLinux is the one I wound up leaving installed. > Hey, as long as the community continues support for these projects, and > continues to provide the tools we need to be productive with our > alterna-operating system choices, then it appears we will be okay. Thanks, > Mike! Exactly! http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message