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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.mid.net!sbctri.tri.sbc.com!newspump.wustl.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 3 Jan 1996 12:35:41 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4cepat$ht@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4ca3gu$4nc@news1.halcyon.com> <4cdijr$hjg@toplink1.toplink.net> <BTHANIS.96Jan3085314@hawk.torolab.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:31736 alt.os.linux:6774 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11289 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1697 In article <BTHANIS.96Jan3085314@hawk.torolab.ibm.com>, Bill Thanis <bthanis@torolab.ibm.com> wrote: : :>I think a very large portion of the FreeBSD and NetBSD user community would :>considre an IDE CDROM (and also other ide devices) a "wierd device" they would :>not touch with 5 foot isolated pole ;-> : :If its dropped into your lap, you use it. IBM has tonnes of old :MICROCHANNEL 386's on peoples desk because they run OS/2 and a :word-processor. Most Professional environments whose sole job is not :development use old machines, because they do what is needed. Yeah, so how many `professional envrionments' use those old Microchannel 386s for their NetWare servers? 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.