Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:00:51 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jeremiah@sherline.com> Cc: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>, "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft Advocacy? Message-ID: <3C23A303.5E2F0306@mindspring.com> References: <003701c18819$a9941a20$6600000a@ach.domain> <3C1FF8DA.2DBC501C@mindspring.com> <013b01c18844$b2ff8b50$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C202951.D39F0144@mindspring.com> <005201c188b4$9bd4cd30$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey>
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Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > What the hell is this, if you don't support The Cause 100%, you're one of > the enemy ? This makes me sick. Do you have to hate Microsoft and agree > with everything they're accused of in order to support FreeBSD ? What the > hell are we now, linux-advocacy ? FreeBSD stands on it's own merits, not by > detracting from others. Obviously, like Anthony, you appear to be incapable of reading mailer headers, or you'd realize I use a Windows machine for most of my email. > Everyone can have their own opinions about where Microsoft succeeds and > where FreeBSD succeeds. And as for the person who asked if this was > Microsoft-advocacy, what exactly are you thinking ? That there can be a > discussion of FreeBSD advocacy without talking about the alternatives ? > Rather than making any points about anything, it just seems like people are > characterizing other people and attacking them for any affections they might > have for Microsoft. Let me say this again: Not that Anthony hasn't actually said anything nice about FreeBSD; he's only noted that "it is a server OS", with no level of qualification as to value. > If you can't accept that both operating systems have their own > merits, or you think that FreeBSD is the end-all solution to everything, you > don't make a good advocate for FreeBSD and should unsubscribe from the list. Actually, the best advocates of FreeBSD are those that can solve any problem using it. It's a tool, and the best advocate of any tool is someone who is competent enough in its use to be able to solve nearly any problem. 8^). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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