sad day on PLUG

[Darrin Chandler]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 07:27:53PM -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 18:57 -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:29:08PM -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > > BTW...nice swipe at the other BSD, which of course has to be marketed to
> > > excess because as you know, corporate profits depend upon it.
> > 
> > OSX isn't BSD. It's Apple's own frankenstein. It's got some BSD in it,
> > for sure. I think you know this, Craig. Was that a troll? ;-)
> > 
> > Derek's point about Leopard being a service pack with fanfare is well
> > made. There *are* some nifty new features, but only a few. It's a point
> > release, just like the 10.5 version reflects.
> > 
> > And your point, Craig, about corporate profits is not lost on me,
> > either. It sure makes things work differently than with releases in the
> > open source world.
> ----
> sorry...I am never proud of myself when I do sarcasm...calling Mac OSX
> 'the other BSD' was tongue in cheek.

No, no. I was merely jesting in return. It's all good fun.

> Truth be told, enough people (I set a fairly low watermark of 5) on the
> local MacOSX Mail list felt that I was too negative about MacOSX to
> remain on their list so I un-subbed as I had promised to do if it
> reached the mark.

Some communities have lower tolerance for dissent than others. I think
most people here can agree to disagree on just about anything.

> I was surprised to see Derek take a swing.

Derek can call 'em like he sees 'em. I've seen him do it before. Do not
be fooled by the mild mannered exterior.

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