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From: kennu@mits.mdata.fi (Kenneth Falck)
Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box?
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 13:35:53 GMT
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In article <1or5vpINN9qm@life.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
>I'm not `bitching'.  I didn't even bring it up.  Some blathering idiot
>said that `extfs is bug-free', while people (not just me!) continue to
>report that it isn't; I certainly am not willing to let that slide
>without comment.

Yes, very constructive to say "I have software which is broken, but
I refuse to tell you just in what way it shows". Just makes you
wonder how credible such reports are.

Of course there may be bugs in ext[2]fs, but I've also noticed how
many people have a tendency of blaming software for their own mistakes
or their defective hardware. I'm not accusing you of anything, I'm
just realizing that all I've seen you say is "extfs is broken", no
explanations, no nothing. I apologize if I've missed an article or
if you've been using email to go into the details.

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>Scheme  White heterosexual atheist male (WHAM) pride!

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