Quoting Jonathan Walther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> This is a Filipino mailing list Rick :-)  What I've noticed is what we
> might consider a reasonable discussion will make all the Filipinos in
> the room back off and wonder when we're going to kill each other :-)
> I couldn't understand at first why, in Filipino chat areas, people kept
> asking me why I was "always fighting".

Noted, and thanks.  (And I always appreciate the civility of our
esteemed Canadian neighbours.)

I hope you folks will consider me cheeful and peaceful for a
Viking-descendent.  ;-> [1]

> I like your answer: try and compare for yourself.  It is the only
> rational approach.

Well, one can always re-float some of the traditional broad generalities
about the BSDs, but they're often outdated, or inapplicable, or 80%
matters of opinion and perpective, so I personally don't think they're
much of a substitute for just trying them.  People forget how easy (and
rewarding, I would say) the latter is.

Here in my area, the Linux community mostly also gives people assistance
with any of the open-source BSDs, and I'm always glad to let people make
copies of my CD sets, which I keep current.  So, my first instinct when
people ask me how the BSDs compares is "Here, let me help you see for
yourself."

[1] I used to live on the corner of Lapu Lapu St. and Harrison St. in
San Francisco, though, and so I know full fell that "be nice" has its
limits for Filipinos.  ;->  (There's a story behind that.)

-- 
Cheers,
Rick Moen                      "vi is my shepherd; I shall not font."
[EMAIL PROTECTED]                               -- Psalm 0.1 beta
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