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From: poulosio@netcom.com (Mad Max)
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 22:40:31 GMT
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Lau (gabe@io.org) wrote:
: So what you're saying is that Linux shouldn't support your drive at all,
: that way, you won't have *anything* to whine about right!
No. If it's on the "compatibility list" it's supported, right? Well, I
found out that when one person somewhere manages to make something work
once, it's deemed "compatible".
: "Here's a free loaf of bread."
: "What!! It isn't sliced... I want mine sliced... Hey, this is whole
: wheat! I want plain white! Where's the butter!!"
: You're not in a restaurant, you are *NOT* being served. If you want to
: be *SERVED*, go shell out the $$$$ for $CO or Micro$oft. Better yet,
: find a local TLUG group and offer $$ for some high-school/college hacker
: to fix it for you.
I BOUGHT the CDs. I did not get them free. If I were FTPing it, you would
have a point in your ranting about my ranting. Have you ever heard of
dissatisfied users? You should fdlame the rogue manufacturers that
produce fucked up CDs, not the victims of their marketing.
Fuck off.
--
"When I collect two solar masses of AOL Disks, I will use them to detonate
the Sun" Web Page URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/po/poulosio/poulosio.html
Mad Max, LT, TRES Corps, Kappa. Shut the immigration inlet valve NOW!
Linux: You get what you pay for.