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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!mustang.mst6.lanl.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!hookup!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news.cic.net!locust.cic.net!pauls From: pauls@locust.cic.net (Paul Southworth) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: 386BSD is dead; long live 386BSD... Followup-To: alt.fan.jesus.monroy.jr Date: 24 Aug 1994 13:56:36 GMT Organization: CICNet, Inc. Lines: 65 Message-ID: <33fjik$e4i@spruce.cic.net> References: <jmonroyCuxMAB.8IL@netcom.com> <33b84i$482@spruce.cic.net> <jmonroyCv0t3K.Mww@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: locust.cic.net In article <jmonroyCv0t3K.Mww@netcom.com>, Jesus Monroy Jr <jmonroy@netcom.com> wrote: >Paul Southworth (pauls@locust.cic.net) wrote: >: In article <jmonroyCuxMAB.8IL@netcom.com>, >: Jesus Monroy Jr <jmonroy@netcom.com> wrote: >: Yes, I keep hearing that last statement repeated again and again. >: The problem, however, is that calling it experimental would only excuse >: it from holding flaws if it offered some significant "experimental" >: features that more stable and/or "production-quality" systems do not. >: > You haven't even seen the code. > what are you blathering about. Are you saying that the existing discussion of features & Mr. Jolitz' description is inadequate? If so, please do tell the whole story. I've heard of some additions, but nothing so earth-shattering that it couldn't have been contributed to one of the other systems, and consequently cleaned and maintained properly... >: The fact is, however, that Mr. Jolitz' work on the operating system is >: rapidly becoming irrelevant (to put it nicely) and what they are really >: offering are manuscripts on operating system design. >: > are your trying to profess some type of ignorance? > Again, this statement is made without and real knowledge > and aside from wasting my time AND NET BANDWITH, I > wondering how you derived your menial conclusion. From my menial little mind, your postings, all the other descriptions of 386BSD 1.0 on usenet, via email, and from magazine reviews. At this point, what else is there to see? >: If you're interested in running a quality operating system produced by >: > Where do you come up with this...CR*p? > You can't make a comparision, when you don't know what > the hell you're taking about.... are you employed, on > salary with USL or BSDI or the new commmunist league > or what? Wow, what a thought!!! I am so thankful for your redbaiting comment; here's my idea for the *BSD screenplay: The Vanguard ------------ Lenin & the Bosheviks: CGD & The NetBSD Core Team The Mensheviks: FreeBSD Core Team (no disparagement implied) The Regime ---------- Czar Nicolas: Bill Jolitz The Court Jester: Jesus Monroy Gotta go call my agent... Meet me at Spago and we'll discuss royalties. > In the context of sheer time wasting, meandering, > pointless threads (or articles) you out done even me. Care to document that? How many postings over the last three years of 386BSD...? Let's tally that up, eh? -- Paul Southworth CICNet Systems Support pauls@cic.net