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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2306 comp.os.linux.misc:12840 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu (Robert Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 16 Apr 1994 14:12:23 -0400 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 25 Message-ID: <2op9q7$hqt@acme.gatech.edu> References: <2nq530$7hh@hecate.umd.edu> <2o2gsu$pmv@cleese.apana.org.au><2o6ral$shj@eve.ad am.com.au> <hastyCo2r27.Js2@netcom.com><Co40Cs.16v4@austin.ibm.com> <2ocl4a$dr4@acme.gatech.edu> <DHOLLAND.94Apr12191510@husc7.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gatech.edu dholland@husc7.harvard.edu (David Holland) writes: >gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu's message of 11 Apr 1994 19:05:46 -0400 said: > > Extra functionality is never in itself harmful. Why are we even > > debating if dosemu is useful? >Extra functionality is indeed harmful if it interferes with other >functionality. This is (IMO, at least) one of the big problems with MS >Word. Thank you for carefully reading the whole sentence. It was a rather short one, and I was sure that even Usenet couldn't screw it up, but I was once again wrong. The extra functionality ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, never hurts. Of course any side effects may be harmful. So just leave out the side effects. Geez. -- _g, '96 --->>>>>>>>>> gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu <<<<<<<<<--- CompSci ,g_ W@@@W__ |-\ ^ | disclaimer: <---> "Bow before ZOD!" __W@@@W W@@@@**~~~' ro|-<ert s/_\ nders | who am I??? ^ from Superman '~~~**@@@@W `*MV' hi,ocie! |-/ad! / \ss!! | ooga ooga!! | II (cool)! `VW*'