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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!shellx.best.com!not-for-mail From: rcarter@shellx.best.com (Russell Carter) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 16 Dec 1995 09:36:29 -0800 Organization: Best Internet Communications Lines: 48 Message-ID: <4av02t$706@shellx.best.com> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4atq47$l46@agate.berkeley.edu> <4att23$mha@agate.berkeley.edu> <4au4fo$pbo@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30468 alt.os.linux:6438 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10547 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1556 In article <4au4fo$pbo@agate.berkeley.edu>, Nick Kralevich <nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >In article <4att23$mha@agate.berkeley.edu>, >Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote: >>Several people have done surveys and presented their results in this >>newsgroup, though those results are now so out date as to be useless and I > >Regardless of this, I would still like to see information on those >out of date surveys. Really! I am curious. I will keep the fact >that the surveys are out of date in my mind when I look at them. >Now if you would be kind enough to post some, ANY, sources, I would >appreciate it. Instead, you are trying to attack me personally. >Sigh. More personal attacks. I expected more from you, Jordan. [ stuff deleted ] >I look forward to any numbers you can give us, even if they are out of >date. Perhaps we can try to keep this conversation from falling into >a personal flame war. Hello Nick, It wouldn't degenerate toward such uselessness if you did not repeatedly demonstrate aggressive ignorance toward the BSD side, which has the unfortunate consequence of making your representations hold zero (or in this case, negative) value. Your previous comments on documentation, etc., are just uninformed propaganda, why would anyone take the time to explore anything else you say? If the sheer numbers are important to you, why haven't you practiced what you preach, and jump into the mighty user community for Windows? Clearly, whatever point you were making about Linux and FreeBSD on the basis of the largest user community, applies just as much for Windows and Linux. Only the point is made to the nth degree. So what was that point, again? Taking care, Russell > >Take care, >-- Nick Kralevich > nickkral@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu > >