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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!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!van-bc!io.org!nobody From: gabe@io.org (Lau) 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: 23 Nov 1995 14:08:43 -0500 Organization: Internex Online (Data: 363-3783/Telnet: io.org) Lines: 39 Message-ID: <492grr$8ht@ionews.io.org> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <poulosioDIFAnC.ECw@netcom.com> <48vcmk$j0v@ionews.io.org> <poulosioDIGuzK.2GK@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: twirl.io.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:27753 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9151 comp.unix.advocacy:11172 comp.unix.misc:19592 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8865 In article <poulosioDIGuzK.2GK@netcom.com>, Mad Max <poulosio@netcom.com> wrote: > >Lau (gabe@io.org) wrote: > >: So what you're saying is that Linux shouldn't support your drive at all, >: that way, you won't have *anything* to whine about right! > >No. If it's on the "compatibility list" it's supported, right? Well, I >found out that when one person somewhere manages to make something work >once, it's deemed "compatible". If it's on the compatibility list, it means it works. If someone changes the firmware on the drive, then who's fault is it? I see at least 10 different implimentations of the sbpcd, all supposedly *compatible*. >: "Here's a free loaf of bread." > >: "What!! It isn't sliced... I want mine sliced... Hey, this is whole >: wheat! I want plain white! Where's the butter!!" > >: You're not in a restaurant, you are *NOT* being served. If you want to >: be *SERVED*, go shell out the $$$$ for $CO or Micro$oft. Better yet, >: find a local TLUG group and offer $$ for some high-school/college hacker >: to fix it for you. > >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 fxxked up CDs, not the victims of their marketing. You bought the plastic bag that the bread comes in, not the bread. If I bought an Archive of a net site such as SimTel or cica, and a few/lot of apps don't work, who's to blame? You paid for the media, and the convenience of not having to ftp, that's your perogative. The only thing about "foolproof" OS's is they haven't met a fool like you. Kin Lau