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Date:      Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:00:51 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Jeremiah Gowdy <jeremiah@sherline.com>
Cc:        Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>, "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Microsoft Advocacy?
Message-ID:  <3C23A303.5E2F0306@mindspring.com>
References:  <003701c18819$a9941a20$6600000a@ach.domain> <3C1FF8DA.2DBC501C@mindspring.com> <013b01c18844$b2ff8b50$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C202951.D39F0144@mindspring.com> <005201c188b4$9bd4cd30$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey>

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Jeremiah Gowdy wrote:
> What the hell is this, if you don't support The Cause 100%, you're one of
> the enemy ?  This makes me sick.  Do you have to hate Microsoft and agree
> with everything they're accused of in order to support FreeBSD ?  What the
> hell are we now, linux-advocacy ?  FreeBSD stands on it's own merits, not by
> detracting from others.

Obviously, like Anthony, you appear to be incapable of reading mailer
headers, or you'd realize I use a Windows machine for most of my
email.


> Everyone can have their own opinions about where Microsoft succeeds and
> where FreeBSD succeeds.  And as for the person who asked if this was
> Microsoft-advocacy, what exactly are you thinking ?  That there can be a
> discussion of FreeBSD advocacy without talking about the alternatives ?
> Rather than making any points about anything, it just seems like people are
> characterizing other people and attacking them for any affections they might
> have for Microsoft.  Let me say this again:

Not that Anthony hasn't actually said anything nice about FreeBSD;
he's only noted that "it is a server OS", with no level of
qualification as to value.

> If you can't accept that both operating systems have their own
> merits, or you think that FreeBSD is the end-all solution to everything, you
> don't make a good advocate for FreeBSD and should unsubscribe from the list.

Actually, the best advocates of FreeBSD are those that can solve
any problem using it.  It's a tool, and the best advocate of any
tool is someone who is competent enough in its use to be able to
solve nearly any problem.  8^).

-- Terry

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