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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!news.island.net!nanaimo.island.net!cmott From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP Masquerading in FreeBSD Distributions? Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 16:14:45 -0800 Organization: Island Internet Inc. - (604) 753-2383 Lines: 47 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961208154047.29394A-100000@nanaimo.island.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961127181207.9864B-100000@darkstar> <58emkt$me3@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: nanaimo.island.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Sender: cmott@nanaimo.island.net In-Reply-To: <58emkt$me3@uriah.heep.sax.de> > > I have neither the experience nor inclination needed for submitting cod= e > > to the FreeBSD Central Committee (or should I say Politburo?). >=20 > Politb=FCro (_with_ the umlaut). The Zentralkomitee was quite some more > people. The General Secretary looked around the room with a cold stare. "We must catch up to Linus, and then we must surpass him!" His fist banged against the table. The head of the KGB calmly replied, "What you desire is not so easy to attain. The decentralized system of the Linux world seems have some advantages. They have been able to develop new drivers at a remarkable pace. They have also been able to adapt to entirely new microprocessor designs. It is actually quite startling." The party theoretician countered, "The system of Linus is similar to the past empires of the Huns and Mongols. Linus allows his chieftains considerable freedom and autonomy, and this accounts for their superior mobility and activity. But at the same time, Linux still depends on a central figure, just as the Huns depended on Attila and the Mongols needed Zingis. Linux will ultimately fragment and dissipate, just as those past empires did." The General Secretary had calmed down since his earlier fist banging. "I know that we must concentrate on the integrity of our operating system. If our resources are less and our methods more cautious, then our goal should be to endure and improve, but not to conquer." The meeting turned to other subjects. The Minister of State Production began his prepared statement. "I have been reviewing our five- month plan, and I am concerned that we do not have sufficient plastic feedstocks to meet cd-rom production goals ..."