Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:44:29 -0400 From: Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com> To: Charles Oppermann <chuckop@gmail.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!! Message-ID: <b6c05a470908161544x96935d7uf76d845233046dcd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <003601ca1e89$deda1ef0$9c8e5cd0$@com> References: <980215.56754.qm@web58307.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20090812130546.GA3672@marge.bs.l> <4A82C3DD.7040209@ibctech.ca> <002701ca1b59$b3e132c0$1ba39840$@com> <20090813040701.34245f03.freebsd@edvax.de> <003601ca1e89$deda1ef0$9c8e5cd0$@com>
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> It does FreeBSD a disservice when its supporters slam other platforms and > implicitly (and explicitly on occasion) denigrate users of such. I agree only insofar as nobody is ever benefited by insulting/denigrating other users. But that's not what Polytropon was doing, I don't think. Seems to me he was denigrating the Windows system itself. And this leads to where I disagree. I think denigrating other systems is a fine thing if and when the denigration is based on true differences and not unrealistic exaggeration. For example, "FreeBSD is more stable than Windows--Windows sucks, it's unstable!" OK, this is me denigrating Windows. Am I hurting Windows's feelings? Am I preventing a small market player from competing with the establish oligarchy? No. I'm parading the greatness of FreeBSD. Sure, I sound more like a human being having a little fun than a technical booklet, but so what--who says FreeBSD users can't be people too :)
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