On Nov 7, 2007 1:24 PM, John Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13:15 Tue 06 Nov , Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to > > add missing categories: > > > > > <big big snip> > > Sorry but here's where I unsubscribe for a couple of months while the > same stuff is rehashed as it was a few months ago. Does this totally > unscientific poll have any real use? Apart that is from reigniting the > antediluvian arguments like mutt v emacs, bash v korn etc. > > There is a method to gauge the popularity of FLOSS apps built into every > Debian installation. If you haven't enabled it yet, do so and eliminate > this totally superfluous 'poll'.
I find it fun and interesting to discuss with my fellow free software users what programs they use. With this method, it is not anonymous stats, it is people I know somewhat. If someone has an interesting choice, I can ask why they use that program, and sometime I learn of programs that I didn't know about at all. Last year, this poll produced no major vi/emacs or similar flamewars, and there have been none so far this year. I am generally for keeping the list mostly on topic, but I think an annual "favorite FOSS poll" is still on topic (and fun). Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]