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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2619 comp.os.linux.development:17543 comp.unix.bsd:15096 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.linux.development,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!pacbell.com!amdahl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jmonroy From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) Subject: Re: We a FAQ: Linux vs. *BSD!!! Message-ID: <jmonroyCxqGC5.IHB@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <jmonroyCxLro2.IF6@netcom.com> <JKH.94Oct13042845@freefall.cdrom.com> <JKH.94Oct14221201@freefall.cdrom.com> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 21:14:28 GMT Lines: 51 Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@freefall.cdrom.com) wrote: : In article <37mflh$f6s@unix1.cc.uop.edu> hughes@napa.eng.uop.edu (Ken Hughes) writes: : Normally I would agree, but in this case I doubt that ignoring the : questions will stop them from being asked. New people come into these : Read what I said more carefully, please. I didn't propose to stop the : questions, I simply proposed to stop the answers. The questions will : keep coming in, but will "quench" themselves far more quickly if : people simply ignore them. We're always going to have this question, : there's no doubt, so the best we can do is try to minimize the amount : of damage it does. : Jordan, please consider the damage that a newbie could do, if they answered the question. That alone should convince you of the unsoundness of your idea. Yes, there is a big problem with this idea, but we have a bigger problem. That is, I'm tired of agruing with you (and a hunderd) other converts (sp?). I know for a fact I can't get you to do the 386bsd thing with me, so why should I bother. By the same token, I am not going to allow you to "bad-mouth" 386bsd. Given the oppertunity (sp?) I will continue. You know my staying power in this issue and we won't have any winners in an on going "flame-war". This is a good solution so that we my go back to work. Mind you, next week I'm interviewing for a job of about $70K. I won't fight you, but I can sure make it so you can't win.... resort to reason... rethink your strategy. : 386BSD-1.0", so please don't start THAT thread again either). IMHO, the : only chance for resolving this issue would be for someone to sit down and : compile a list of features that shows which OS has what and which doesn't. : I don't agree. As you seem to concur, the FAQ will be out of date and : essentially useless far too rapidly to make the effort of writing it : anything but a wasted one. : If you re-read my original statement, I said each appropriate group would maintain their respective portion of the FAQ. If you're going to have problems updating a simple FAQ list, how in the hell to plan to manage 4 terabytes of data ( the virtual space of a Pentium). -- Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com Zebra Research /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation ___________________________________________________________________________