[nycbug-talk] Forbes Magazine on Linux and the BSDs. . .

[Dan Langille]

On 17 Jun 2005 at 16:19, Michael Shalayeff wrote:

> Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Dan Langille:
> > On 17 Jun 2005 at 16:04, Michael Shalayeff wrote:
> > 
> > > Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Dan Langille:
> > 
> > > > Let's use FreeBSD as something I advocate  In my strategy, and the 
> > > > one I encourage in others, is to show why what I like about FreeBSD.  
> > > > That should be sufficient.  If that isn't enough to convince people 
> > > > that FreeBSD is an excellent choice, then I haven't done my advocacy 
> > > > very well.  I can do that entirely without bad-mouthing another 
> > > > project.
> > > 
> > > the question was not for presenting openbsd in the best possible
> > > light but rather for one particular dude's opinion on linux.
> > > so his opinion seems to be -- linux is garbage.
> > > you are free to disagree w/ that but you are most certainly
> > > not in a position to police his opinion.
> > 
> > I have not commented upon anyone else's opinion.  I have been talking 
> > about what I do and what I recommend others do.
> 
> and what is this:
> 
> > > > I'm not so sure if this is really such great publicity.  In my
> > > > experience, people who do not already know (in some detail) about BSD
> > > > are easily turned off by overly aggressive and deragotive remarks
> > > > regarding other OS.
> 
> one dude has expressed his opinion and here is another dude
> who is expressing his opinion about another dude's opinion.

I did not say that.

> can you handle the truth at all?

Can you correctly parse an email?
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