On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Charlie Kester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> * FBSD UG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-11-17 01:20:47 +0100]: > > >> On 17 nov 2008, at 01:02, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> Learn from other's mistakes (like linux,netbsd), instead of repeating >>> and repeating the same mistake again. >>> >>> why not learn from where it went wrong and do it better? If FreeBSD >> becomes popular we'll have to deal with it sooner or later >> > > I don't want to fan the flames, but isn't that exactly what Wojciech is > suggesting? That Linux went wrong when it began to cater too much to > the perceived need to give former Windows users a "user-friendly" > system? > > Anyway, I suspect that this discussion more properly belongs on the > advocacy mailing list. The OP's question probably should have been > directed there in the first place. > Let's drop it here, and get back to answering the kind of howto > questions where this list excels. > > -- Charlie > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > yes this should have gone to the advocacy mailing list really, and from what I got from what Wojciech said is that he thinks that FreeBSD will come with a gui installed by default. I don't think that's what most of us are thinking when we are thinking of new users. We are thinking of users that actually know or want to control their complete system. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
