Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:21:04 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081213092104.GC39031@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <200812112345.20572.perlcat@alltel.net> <20081212174607.GC36348@kokopelli.hydra> <4942B6A3.504@gmail.com> <18754.48923.616173.319215@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081212205614.GB37185@kokopelli.hydra> <31371229120906@webmail12.yandex.ru> <87iqppdlzh.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:22:15AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >There is _nothing_ that is inherently "server oriented" about the main > >FreeBSD tree, and it hasn't "split" to anything of the sort. >=20 > exactly! FreeBSD is unix oriented! >=20 > everything else depends on what you install. >=20 > that's why it would be good to finally introduce moderation on that list = -=20 > to cut off 95% of traffic that is not about FreeBSD. Moderation, like all bureaucracy and oversight, a chainsaw -- not a scalpel. One should always be wary of its use where even the slightest error might result in significant loss of value. Interestingly, my random signature generator seems to have something to say about this topic as well. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Jon Postel, RFC 761: "[B]e conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." --5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklDfoAACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWjWACfSyjNBRcs4F080UVaSj2gTb8A ZVMAoL7N/NJRm5tAA3dQM/EjgbrWXlA+ =hoh0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5QAgd0e35j3NYeGe--
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