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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!portal.ca!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 18 Dec 1995 17:06:20 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4b536c$bf9@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4arhgi$f0c@felix.junction.net> <4avdid$qac@cynic.portal.ca> <4b33ak$bft@felix.junction.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36183 alt.os.linux:6521 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5169 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30783 comp.os.linux.misc:76337 comp.os.linux.setup:32888 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10749 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1603 In article <4b33ak$bft@felix.junction.net>, Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote: >In article <4avdid$qac@cynic.portal.ca>, Curt Sampson <curt@portal.ca> wrote: >>You're trying to tell me that someone who can't read a man page is >>competent to select an OS, much less build a firewall? > >*sigh* Yes.... it happens everyday in the corporate world. Some people >are seduced 100% by marketing hype. Hey, if they're gonna be seduced, >wouldn't you like to do the seducing? No, as a matter of fact, I wouldn't. Given the choice between having few people using NetBSD (in my case), or having many people using NetBSD and having my mailbox full of messages from people who want help but are too lazy to look at a manpage, I'll take the former. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.