From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 17 18: 1:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAA8937BAAC; Wed, 17 May 2000 18:01:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id KAA31819; Thu, 18 May 2000 10:31:30 +0930 (CST) Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:31:30 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Brett Glass Cc: Wes Peters , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list Subject: Re: Book chapter on BSD published in Salon Message-ID: <20000518103130.D31123@freebie.lemis.com> References: <20000517163941.J22008@freebie.lemis.com> <39224C59.AE4BD2F1@softweyr.com> <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost> <20000518020859.B16497@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <4.3.1.2.20000516212344.0461bab0@localhost> <20000517163941.J22008@freebie.lemis.com> <39224C59.AE4BD2F1@softweyr.com> <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost> <20000518082500.E30627@freebie.lemis.com> <4.3.1.2.20000517182639.00bd1be0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000517182639.00bd1be0@localhost> Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wednesday, 17 May 2000 at 18:28:26 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:55 PM 5/17/2000, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> Actually, some of the other chapters get into that more. The author has >>> a strong pro-Linux bias, and characterizes the BSDers as academics who >>> could develop software and coordinate their own projects but could not >>> evangelize, promote, or market. >> >> Ah. I only read the 5 chapters directly linked together, and I saw no >> pro-Linux bias there. > > There is a very strong pro-Linux bias in his writings. He states in some > places, and implies in others, that the BSDs are doomed to relative > obscurity compared to Linux. What's more, he believes Stallman's > propaganda instead of looking beyond it and recognizing RMS's true > intentions. What can I say? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message