From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 16:51:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD5E16A4B3 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fubar.adept.org (fubar.adept.org [63.147.172.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6303543FD7 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:51:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@adept.org) Received: by fubar.adept.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 58E7615227; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fubar.adept.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5808615226 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:51:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins To: advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3F8B2C1C.5070709@401.cx> Message-ID: <20031013164834.V82067@fubar.adept.org> References: <200310131026.20013.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <3F8B2C1C.5070709@401.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: A case of FreeBSD users shooting all FreeBSD users in the foot X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 23:51:27 -0000 On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > os's themself, it was the communities he didnt like. Appareantly, when > he tried FreeBSD he turned to IRC for help, and some morons in a > #freebsd channel didnt have enough sense to behave like grown ups. He > turned to OpenBSD instead, and got some of the infamous OpenBSD attitude > on the mailinglists. Now, he runs just about every os except free and open. as others have already pointed out, this happens in just about every IRC "community". a project's "community" extends beyond IRC. i've known a lot of very helpful BSD gurus. sure, they may shout "RTFM" if you ask a question on the first page of the handbook, but who wouldn't? the point is, IRC is IRC and has very little to do with the integrity of... anything. especially FreeBSD. if you really base your critical operations decisions on "touchy feely" IRC encounters... well, i'll just continue laughing to myself. -mrh -- From: "Spam Catcher" To: spam-catcher@adept.org Do NOT send email to the address listed above or you will be added to a blacklist!