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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!pirates!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.Gsu.EDU!nntp.ipst.edu!gt-news!cc.gatech.edu!cc.gatech.edu!byron From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) 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 05:23:30 GMT Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology - College of Computing Lines: 47 Message-ID: <4910gi$5of@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <poulosioDI20sJ.5vz@netcom.com> <48buod$cue@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <poulosioDIFAnC.ECw@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gemini.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: byron Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:27993 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9240 comp.unix.advocacy:11268 comp.unix.misc:19625 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8874 In article <poulosioDIFAnC.ECw@netcom.com>, Mad Max <poulosio@netcom.com> wrote: > >Byron A Jeff (byron@cc.gatech.edu) wrote: > >: Max you keep whining and bitching about the CDROM drive. If you're having > >[rest of flame snipped] > >Ben Franklin said it best, fuckhead: > >"If it sounds too good to be true, it is" You know that's probably the first civil and sane statement that you've made around here. Microsoft is worth several billion bucks. Linux's monetary worth is pocket change. Yet all along you've expected it (and us) to kneel at your feet and walk on water at the same time (cursing all the way). > >CLUE: I did get one of my CD drives to be seen by Linux, but Slackware >ver.3 is also fucked. I have already realised that there is no technical >support for Linux. Actually there is. Yggdrasil will solve most problems for $25-$50 a call. Slackware ver. 3 is like most Linux software. Released in Beta state, beat upon mercilessly, and quickly improved. I'm still running 2.3 in production environments because I haven't yet found a showstopper that'll cause me to upgrade. Of course I have production machines that are still running sub 1.0 kernels. They do the job so why switch? > >Why we dissatisfied users seem so rare is simple: I'm the only one >willing to speak up, becuse you fuckheads are so happy to flame. This >flame was written on a CRIPPLED Linux box. You've missed my point. You have the right to be dissatisfied. I simply don't appreciate your attitude. Instead of being cordial, kind and polite you whine, curse, and complain. Be civil and you'll get a whole different class of response from us. BAJ -- Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of... Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel - And Using Linux! Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu