On Mon 01 Mar 2010 at 10:13:42 PST Roger wrote:
I have also been guilty of being influenced by the popular choice.
When it comes to popularity, the question should always be "Popular with whom?" Popularity with the masses is a very unreliable indicator of quality or fitness to the task at hand. On the other hand, if the experts in the field all express a preference for one thing over another, that's definitely a good argument for using it yourself. The trick is in learning who the experts are and what they think about the matter. Even better is learning *why* they think thhe way they do -- how they approach the matter and how they reach their decisions. Then learn to do that yourself, so you can be your own expert. I wish I could say my decision to use FreeBSD was based on a process like that, but it wasn't. For me, it was mostly about aesthetics: I like my Unix neat, with no chaser. _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
