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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!spcvxb!mauritz_c From: mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Digiboards and BSDI/386 Message-ID: <1993Jun15.110517.6302@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 15 Jun 93 11:05:17 EDT References: <1993Jun12.022844.7448@e2big.mko.dec.com> <1993Jun12.040132.18268@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1993Jun12.092715.6266@spcvxb.spc.edu> <1993Jun15.020335.19545@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Organization: SPC Community Access System Lines: 45 In article <1993Jun15.020335.19545@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: > I was responding to someone who wondered why the original complaint against > posts to comp.os.386bsd.misc on BSDI issues were complained about... with > that in mind: > > > In article <1993Jun12.092715.6266@spcvxb.spc.edu> mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu writes: >>IBM is in business to make money too, but nobody seems to care >>if I ask OS/2 questions on the net, rather than pay Big Blue's >>support fees. I didn't realize that some of you guys were so >>touchy about this issue. What is so evil about trying to make >>a profit from one's labor? > > No problem at all, as long as the respondents to BSDI questioners realize > they are saving BSDI the cost of a support call/message on their own mailing > list by responding. I'm not saying asking questions is evil... I just want > it perfectly clear who is benefitting. Who is benefitting? I am! A lot of helpful people read this newsgroup. All political arguments aside, in my short experience with the Jolitz vs BSDI debate, it seems that the OS's are similar enough that it isn't in terribly bad taste to ask quesitons about them both here. If you think that is bad, fine....put me in your kill file. > PS: Try asking OS/2 questions in comp.os.386bsd.misc or comp.unix.bsd as > an experiment, and let me know if you get flamed. If BSDI wants their > own heirarchy, the rules for newsgroup creation are clear. The OS/2 question in the 386bsd group isn't a terribly good example. There is very little in common between the two systems. However, BSDI/386 and 386/BSD are quite similar, and helpful tips for users of one system could very well be of interest to all. Do you really begrudge me a little knowledge THAT much??? > PPS: The newsgroup alt.os.bsdi exists; perhaps its low traffic is a result > of improper procedure being followed in its creation? I know it exists, but I don't use it because nobody reads it. Besides, I am not even a user of EITHER system now. I was just asking some general questions when somebody (was it you?) jumped down my throat. No hard feelings, Chris