Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:23:14 -0800 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity Message-ID: <20100301192314.GD2894@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <9d972bed1003011013w33c09017te962078be7768406@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> <9d972bed1003010724g5b64123ap5ff18c408dc0a7e@mail.gmail.com> <20100301114445.GB26935@apollo.podro.com> <9d972bed1003011013w33c09017te962078be7768406@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon 01 Mar 2010 at 10:13:42 PST Roger wrote: > >I have also been guilty of being influenced by the popular choice. > When it comes to popularity, the question should always be "Popular with whom?" Popularity with the masses is a very unreliable indicator of quality or fitness to the task at hand. On the other hand, if the experts in the field all express a preference for one thing over another, that's definitely a good argument for using it yourself. The trick is in learning who the experts are and what they think about the matter. Even better is learning *why* they think thhe way they do -- how they approach the matter and how they reach their decisions. Then learn to do that yourself, so you can be your own expert. I wish I could say my decision to use FreeBSD was based on a process like that, but it wasn't. For me, it was mostly about aesthetics: I like my Unix neat, with no chaser.
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