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From: Bob Eager on 9 May 2010 16:55 On Sun, 09 May 2010 19:22:20 +0000, Indi wrote: > On 2010-05-09, Balwinder S Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM(a)anu.homelinux.net> > wrote: >> On 05/09/2010 09:50 PM, Indi wrote: >>> On 2010-05-09, Michel Talon <talon(a)lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote: >>>> Indi <indi(a)satcidananda.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Using it as my primary (usually sole) OS since 2004. >>>> >>>> Apparently i am beating you, i began using FreeBSD with the 2.2.5 in >>>> 1997. >>>> >>>> >>> It seems you're very concerned that everyone knows you're not merely >>> another user who wants big change, but a Very Important Long Time user >>> who wants big change. >>> >>> But frankly, you come off as someone who was doing alright until you >>> made the mistake of buying some hardware without checking whether or >>> not it was suitable for use with FreeBSD and then you went into >>> tantrum mode. Or worse, someone just telling stories. >>> >>> If you're so happy with Ubuntu, I don't see why you're so determined >>> to sit around here running down FreeBSD. Makes you look like a troll, >>> really... >> >> Please not, that calling someone, to whom you don't know, merely by >> guesswork is a sheer foolishness and that too publically. >> >> > I think "by a preponderance of evidence" is more accurate than "by > guesswork" in this case. In any event, he is clearly desperate to sell a > story which is OT here. Please post the evidence for your accusations against me. There is none. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1976)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
From: Indi on 9 May 2010 16:58 On 2010-05-09, Bob Eager <rde42(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > > Then you are completely wrong. You are answering the wrong person. > Hey you got that backwards, Bob! The post you're replying to was not adress to you. > > It would do, if any of that were true. Look back, check the facts, and > apologise please. > I require no apology, you made a mistake. We all do that sometimes. -- Caveat utilitor, indi
From: Bob Eager on 9 May 2010 16:59 On Sun, 09 May 2010 20:52:44 +0000, Bob Eager wrote: > On Sun, 09 May 2010 16:20:16 +0000, Indi wrote: > >> On 2010-05-09, Michel Talon <talon(a)lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote: >>> Indi <indi(a)satcidananda.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: >>>> >>>> Using it as my primary (usually sole) OS since 2004. >>> >>> Apparently i am beating you, i began using FreeBSD with the 2.2.5 in >>> 1997. >>> >>> >> It seems you're very concerned that everyone knows you're not merely >> another user who wants big change, but a Very Important Long Time user >> who wants big change. > > Then you are completely wrong. You are answering the wrong person. Go > back and read it again. I don't WANT to use Ubuntu, I LIKE FreeBSD, and > I'm happy with it. > >> But frankly, you come off as someone who was doing alright until you >> made the mistake of buying some hardware without checking whether or >> not it was suitable for use with FreeBSD and then you went into tantrum >> mode. Or worse, someone just telling stories. > > But I never said any such thing. I repeat, you have the WRONG PERSON. I > always check my hardware before I buy it, and I've never had ANY problem > (except one one occasion, and then I just modified the FreeBSD device > driver to make it work). > >> If you're so happy with Ubuntu, I don't see why you're so determined to >> sit around here running down FreeBSD. Makes you look like a troll, >> really... > > It would do, if any of that were true. Look back, check the facts, and > apologise please. My apology instead! Sorry, I misread the attribution, not you! I am very sorry.... Actually, I started using some kind of BSD before Mr Talon, I suspect...around 20 years before 1997... -- Using UNIX since v6 (1976)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
From: Indi on 9 May 2010 17:01 On 2010-05-09, Bob Eager <rde42(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > > My apology instead! Sorry, I misread the attribution, not you! I am very > sorry.... > No problem. :) > Actually, I started using some kind of BSD before Mr Talon, I > suspect...around 20 years before 1997... > I do believe you've got us all beat. -- Caveat utilitor, indi
From: Bob Eager on 9 May 2010 17:02
On Sun, 09 May 2010 21:01:42 +0000, Indi wrote: > On 2010-05-09, Bob Eager <rde42(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >> >> My apology instead! Sorry, I misread the attribution, not you! I am >> very sorry.... >> >> > No problem. :) > >> Actually, I started using some kind of BSD before Mr Talon, I >> suspect...around 20 years before 1997... >> >> > I do believe you've got us all beat. I doubt it...there'll be someone from Bell Labs along soon! .-) -- Using UNIX since v6 (1976)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org |