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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!hookup!noc.tor.hookup.net!kenya.visinet.ca!ceylon.visinet.ca!henryc From: henryc@ceylon.visinet.ca (Christian Henry) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: 27 Nov 1995 04:23:52 GMT Organization: VisiNet Internet Services Inc. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <49bego$64c@kenya.visinet.ca> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <poulosioDIFAnC.ECw@netcom.com> <48vcmk$j0v@ionews.io.org> <poulosioDIGuzK.2GK@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ceylon.visinet.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:28122 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9289 comp.unix.advocacy:11316 comp.unix.misc:19640 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8879 In article <poulosioDIGuzK.2GK@netcom.com>, Mad Max <poulosio@netcom.com> wrote: >I BOUGHT the CDs. I did not get them free. If I were FTPing it, you would >have a point in your ranting about my ranting. Have you ever heard of >dissatisfied users? You should fdlame the rogue manufacturers that >produce fucked up CDs, not the victims of their marketing. (What I'm about to say doesn't relate to just the article I'm responding to; it relates to your comments throughout this entire thread.) Just out of curiousity, what exactly do you feel is the correlation (sp?) between the Linux in general and the distribution you're using? Have you tried a distribution other than Slackware in order to see if your difficulties are, in fact, due to a bug in Linux? Also, if you're having problems with the _distribution_ you purchased a copy of, I fail to see the point in blaming the entire Linux community. :-) I feel the following example illustrates a somewhat applicable parallel of your faulty logic: A small percentage of the American population cannot find the United States of America on an unlabeled world map. Therefore, if I were to talk to a randomly-picked American, I would have to assume that he or she _also_ cannot find the USA on an unlabeled world map. After all, since I know that a portion of the country behaves this way, the _entire_ country must. Right? (Disclaimer: In no way do I believe that this conclusion holds any truth whatsoever.)