From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 00:46:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6884310656D9 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:46:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corky1951@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4846B8FC18 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:46:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corky1951@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.36]) by QMTA03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id fr671a0070mlR8UA30mkpR; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:46:44 +0000 Received: from comcast.net ([76.28.182.91]) by OMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id g0mi1a00P1yjRxY8X0mjMf; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:46:44 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=hZTwrgX4KR7tPqrVTNoA:9 a=KYkU5HdrB5HiuVqDj5gA:7 a=NrV9Aygqt3wmW4UGVJhaPTsRTBkA:4 a=YvKx7zeTAGcA:10 Received: by comcast.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:46:42 -0800 Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:46:42 -0800 From: Charlie Kester To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081117004642.GA70347@comcast.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20081116160428.GD79046@valentine.liquidneon.com> <20081116195718.F26015@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <49207271.7030609@boosten.org> <20081116202542.T26156@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <49207F81.7090502@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20081116225359.G26735@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081116153224.62bf8b5a@tau.draftnet> <4ad871310811161545t547565c1ya9a8e2cda2605b16@mail.gmail.com> <20081117005057.T27258@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <9145AB3A-E20B-42FF-B1FC-8FDD7532A883@rgbaz.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9145AB3A-E20B-42FF-B1FC-8FDD7532A883@rgbaz.eu> X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.x/OS X 10.5.x X-Composer: VIM 7.2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Forums X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:46:45 -0000 * FBSD UG [2008-11-17 01:20:47 +0100]: > > On 17 nov 2008, at 01:02, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> Learn from other's mistakes (like linux,netbsd), instead of repeating >> and repeating the same mistake again. >> > why not learn from where it went wrong and do it better? If FreeBSD > becomes popular we'll have to deal with it sooner or later I don't want to fan the flames, but isn't that exactly what Wojciech is suggesting? That Linux went wrong when it began to cater too much to the perceived need to give former Windows users a "user-friendly" system? Anyway, I suspect that this discussion more properly belongs on the advocacy mailing list. The OP's question probably should have been directed there in the first place. Let's drop it here, and get back to answering the kind of howto questions where this list excels. -- Charlie