From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 14 19:05:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA04478 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 19:05:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus (pm3-p40.tfs.net [206.154.183.232]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA04471 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 19:05:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA09877; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:04:15 -0500 From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199704150204.VAA09877@argus> Subject: On Holy Wars, and a Plea for Peace [sorry Danny, wherever you are, but the title fits]... To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:04:15 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-To: jbryant@tfs.net In-Reply-To: <199704150017.RAA19999@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 14, 97 05:17:36 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > > > > I agree with Jordan - this is getting quite out of hand. > > > > > > Aw, Jordan *always* says that about any topic which touches a nerve; > > > > No, I say that about truly STUPID topics which are accomplishing > > nothing. Since you seem to pick an inordinate number of stupid topics > > to waste *incredible* amounts of time on (and achieve nothing), you > > get the "shaddup!" response more than most. Don't go looking for > > obscure secondary causes when the principle cause is staring you in > > the face, Terry. > > Funny that you are the primary source of the "shaddup"'s, if they are > egalitarian "shaddup"'s... my original intention was not to start a "holy war", but to wake people up as to the fact that lin[s]ux however bad or good has plenty of commercial development going for it, and why... everyone seems to have got tripped up on one paragraph such that they forgot the rest of the message... let's get to the point... let's get off our butts and get FreeBSD recognized by professional developers and software companies... bs like this thread isn't going to do it... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net - KC5VDJ 2-meter, 70cm - KPC-3 Plus packet capable