From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 2 20:15:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA18293 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 20:15:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.2.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA18288 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 20:15:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (fpawlak@ferengal-1-7.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.128.7]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.9.0) id WAA21415; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:14:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA11739; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:14:51 -0500 Message-ID: <19981002221451.D11661@execpc.com> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:14:51 -0500 From: Frank Pawlak To: dmorrisn Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement References: <23307.907176696@time.cdrom.com> <4.1.19981002190913.040f3b60@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981002202119.040f7c30@mail.lariat.org> <36158FA2.FB67AC24@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <36158FA2.FB67AC24@u.washington.edu>; from dmorrisn on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:44:50PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:44:50PM -0700, dmorrisn wrote: > > >That is a rhetorical fallacy. (Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc -- "After > > >this therefore because of this") > > > > No fallacy at all. It's been proven again and again that emulating another > > OS that's more popular provides the ultimate disincentive to developers. > > OS/2 is only one recent case in point. > > I don't see any proof that it's the "ultimate disincentive", nor have > you given any. You continue to substitute opinion as fact, which > I won't bother quoting below. I won't bother with the logical correctness of your argument, I'll just say that it bullshit and let it lay there. -- --Frank "At no time is the freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." --Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message