Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 03:29:42 -0500 From: "Denny Jodeit" <denny@jodeit.com> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>, "Konstantinos Konstantinidis" <kkonstan@duth.gr>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <029f01c17fc2$7c3f7100$6f830acf@gdennyj> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a0 0000a@atkielski.com><3C110351.4748B559@duth.gr><005001c17f6c$e60c0ef0$ 0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15377.17350.796336.801464@guru.mired.org> <006901c17f70$19a2f820$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C11560B.A035DEF3@duth.gr> <009401c17f9c$5bad3bf0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a05101007b837448d6ad8@[10.0.1.16]> <010601c17fab$1cd2b270$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a0510100fb8375b52c121@[10.0.1.16]> <016f01c17fb4$b3c1fc00$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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PROCLAMATION !!!!!!!!!!! ....from this point forward, this thread shall be known as 'The War of $0.75 Words" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Konstantinos Konstantinidis" <kkonstan@duth.gr>; <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>; "Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 1:50 AM Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. > Brad writes: > > > You're trying to unilaterally apply a "general" > > solution to a specific problem. > > No, I am applying a general solution to a general problem. > > > I am never forced to make a recommendation. > > What if you are? Try to think of this in the abstract. > > > Then the choice is up to them how they would > > respond in that kind of situation, but my answer > > would be that I don't have enough information > > and that I would rather make no recommendation > > at all than make one that turned out to be bad > > for the person. > > You might not have that option. > > There seems to be quite a desire here to avoid the actual question by > claiming that one need not answer it without more information. > > If a non-IT, average user asks you what OS to install as his desktop, what > do you recommend, and why? You have no other information concerning his > requirements, and you do not have the option of asking for more information > or refusing to answer. > > > Common sense? Decency? > > Neither of these is relevant. > > > Consideration for all the other poor sods on > > this mailing list who are getting bloody sick > > and tired of reading your drivel, and tired of > > being continually spammed by you on this topic? > > I don't know that I'm the greatest irritant in this discussion. > > > Right, and statistically, the average distance > > between atoms in this Universe is something like > > one every ten centimeters, so you don't exist. > > Correct, from the standpoint of the universe. > > > Ghu, I wish that were true. > > Ah ... and why is that? > > > The reality is that sweeping generalities of > > the sort you constantly spew are simply inappropriate > > and fundamentally incorrect, because they are > > based on flawed assumptions. > > Which assumptions are flawed? Do you dispute that Windows is the leading > desktop OS today? > > > Again, what is the general case? > > The general case is applications such as file, print, and web servers. > Mainframes are not generally an advantage for these types of applications. > For specific proprietary and legacy applications, mainframes may be the best > (or only) choice, e.g., large airline reservation systems, large OLTP > systems of various types, batch processing, and so on. > > > I know of plenty of situations where mainframe > > machines are precisely the best kind of server to > > use, because they are so very good at handling > > very large volumes of I/O with otherwise limited > > resources. > > Most servers are not used in this way. Situations that require mainframes > are generally already managed by specialists in mainframes. > > > A meaningless circular definition. > > The definition is not circular. Average = ordinary, common, and thus > representative of the majority. > > > Again, that is not necessarily true. > > I know that it is not _necessarily_ true; I've only asserted that it is > generally true. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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