From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 16 22:44:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BED5106568C for ; Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:44:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djuatdelta@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com (mail-ew0-f206.google.com [209.85.219.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF1DC8FC4B for ; Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:44:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so575143ewy.43 for ; Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:44:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=xhTGeR0ITFuU7yZJSZ3grY3sF4AdHZTI6nC6DbZvkq0=; b=Jpi1qzy8K1BeCtsHSScLuNBMf2qD0WopLQki6gq4nvHF0FXxp4D/KYRoEwCe6yxBBl 4z6KfXIluue22hSOXUxhZ6QOtnoLY1P45/ZwPS6qDRFd98fI+s9XHmT0Wy/GK35YmLDF pqBvAKi6LdtBajRVIW7c+ISDHe5MYPw9eAao0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=XAmyBhxQZN0tKnxb6DoctJhMYpuymbDuqHhdm5zBbv2B/TUBCuocXZYsXVaUWKakhS whxgmKB3asLFbJKObb8QsAHxoItDlUz8e6lIIWcwRFfkxzWxg7WfJdOv9r4nenEhmFuY EURtqwDkTB77CpFhHZa9aR2w2jmeG25XWFL/0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.26.80 with SMTP id b58mr917931wea.35.1250462669656; Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:44:29 -0700 (PDT) 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> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:44:29 -0400 Message-ID: From: Daniel Underwood To: Charles Oppermann Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polytropon , Steve Bertrand , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:44:31 -0000 > 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 :)