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Subject: Re: Assuming We Want FreeBSD to Grow: Who Is It For?
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On Wednesday 16 February 2005 10:50 am, Anthony Atkielski 
<atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> > Run that same argument to Bill and company about Windows as a
> > server.
>
> I have.  But they have the same irrational, emotional commitment to
> Windows as some people have to FreeBSD.  When people become
> emotionally involved with an OS, they refuse to recognize that it
> cannot do it all, and they are especailly unwilling to recognize that
> it might not be ideal for their own preferred use.

Maybe your approach is flawed.

- jt