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From: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 4.4-lite?
Date: 22 Jul 1994 14:40:26 GMT
Organization: Rhodes University Computing Services
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In <MYCROFT.94Jul21211839@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles M. Hannum) writes:
>Of course they have, and had you bothered to check, you'd know that.
I decided to ask on the net - AFAIK there is nothing wrong with that.
The net is a valid place to ask questions. I was asking a question
which is relevant to the problems relating to USL's claims about
certain files - I don't need to go scrounging through the whole NetBSD
source tree to check for myself - I was assuming that I could get an
honest answer on the net.
>Please quit posting this utter nonsense. It's just a cheap scare
>tactic, and it's rather sickening that someone would stoop to such a
>low level.
Sheesh!! Charles - I post a query, you get your balls tied in a knot!
Take a chill-pill!!!
Seeing I was not trying to make use of any sort of scare tactic
(contrary to your unfounded accusation), I find it interesting that
you are acting in a way which *MIGHT* suggest that you are worried
about what I am saying. If you weren't worried about what I said you
would have just replied informatively to my query, and not developed
some sort of complex.
Charles, it's weekend tomorrow - I suggest you take some time off and
relax a bit. All the effort of getting NetBSD-1.0 out seems to have
been making you rather tense. You need to reward yourself with some
rest.
(I tend to prefer not to flame people who are seeking to improve their
knowledge about something by asking questions. This tends to create
a bad impression, and often intimidates people from asking any more
questions -- IMHO the only stupid questions are the ones that don't
get asked.)
Regards,
Geoff.
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