From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 28 13:25:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from server1.wallnet.com (server1.wallnet.com [208.225.162.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8385037B718 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:25:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cweimann@wallnet.com) Received: (from cweimann@localhost) by server1.wallnet.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id QAA14573; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:22:22 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: server1.wallnet.com: cweimann set sender to cweimann@wallnet.com using -f Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:22:22 -0500 From: "Chistopher S. Weimann" To: Dennis Cc: "Andresen,Jason R." , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: if_fxp - the real point Message-ID: <20010328162222.B11700@server1.wallnet.com> References: <200103092332.f29NW4785782@gollum.esys.ca> <20010309221250.2384337B71B@hub.freebsd.org> <200103092332.f29NW4785782@gollum.esys.ca> <5.0.0.25.0.20010314110743.02373a00@mail.etinc.com> <3AAF9D0A.C188E390@mitre.org> <5.0.0.25.0.20010314121316.02988c30@mail.etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20010314121316.02988c30@mail.etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:33:21PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:33:21PM -0500, Dennis wrote: > > Your logic is backwards. You think that rewarding mediocre companies will > scare good companies into wanting a piece of the pie. The only thing that > it will do is consume these companies so that the good companies can have a > larger share of the more profitable sun/NT market, and convince them that > they want no part of the "free" market if they have to compete with > cut-rate hardware from hungry companies. > Ok, let me get this Free Market thing straight. Not buying from a good company that provides a useful product and instead buying from a bad company that doesn't provide a useful product will make things better. That seems to be what you are saying dennis. Or did I misunderstand? -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Christopher Weimann SysAdmin 400 Higgins Ave Wall Internet LLC. Brielle NJ, 08730 732-223-1777 ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message