From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 11 19:11:51 2008 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 ECE51106564A for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:11:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-19.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-19.bluehost.com [69.89.20.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B8E338FC13 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:11:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 30106 invoked by uid 0); 11 Dec 2008 19:11:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 11 Dec 2008 19:11:07 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=iTT1Gga5DNGKaHeaA43jdDjQ5mjRsjA0Pi/38Wjf/GGhN54+UKY4bWOcTVL+ZE4+w3fFTW876yxfVCZ9IHPecB5aqfB+fWwltDAHbqapiAvn+3bhq4pIwbznTJBNlJoq; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LAqwF-0001Jc-At for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:11:07 -0700 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:10:48 -0700 Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:10:48 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081211191048.GA4970@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20081207093713.O5433@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081207082932.04a7cf16@scorpio> <11167f520812070853i3b6fa6dei6e5c71669416470@mail.gmail.com> <20081207191727.V1610@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081207193517.GA20905@laverenz.de> <20081207121431.5dcb37f9@gom.home> <1228733482.4495.14.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081211122714.W4172@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <9A4AD986-6A69-4EF8-846E-A9CDADA23390@rgbaz.eu> <20081211124353.H5935@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081211124353.H5935@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors 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: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:11:52 -0000 --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:44:23PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > >that's the most narrow minded post i've seen here since i'm on this group >=20 > or your narrow mail reading . > >As if the only work that can be considered real work is the work you do.= .. > > > >The reason why I CAN'T do any serious work on FreeBSD is because it lacks > >the NVidia drivers (i'm in the film/commercial industry). >=20 > it's not "bells and whistles" but drivers. Your whole "bells and whistles" line of BS started with your assertion that we don't even need fully functional NVIDIA drivers, though. You seem to think that there's no legitimate use for 3D accelerated graphics, for some reason -- and yes, that's pretty damned narrow-minded. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Anonymous quoth: "Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the Creator of human intelligence." --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklBZbgACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVFYwCeIMM4NjjA9ERqhaYp7yCl++FG 6boAn1xDQqaIl3kfa9qlqwZwUJR6w8/O =3f1e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7--