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From: mmead@Glock.COM (matthew c. mead)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Slight flame from Linux user
Date: 04 Jun 1995 05:20:21 GMT
Organization: Goofs R Us
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In-reply-to: tim@maths.tcd.ie's message of 2 Jun 1995 23:11:27 +0100
In article <3qo2af$nqo@bell.maths.tcd.ie> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes:
> Tim Pierce <twpierce@midway.uchicago.edu> writes:
> >People who aren't ready to get their hands dirty shouldn't
> >be installing or administering Unix.
Here here!
> Fortunately, your patronising attitude does not seem typical
> of FreeBSD people;
I don't think he's being patronizing whatsoever. He's simply
stating the truth. Unix was never meant for someone who wants an easy to
use operating system that does everything for you. Sure, maybe it's going
to evolve into something that can provide that for those that want it, and
provide what Unix already is to those who love it, but that time isn't now.
> I had several encouraging messages, from Jordan Hubbard and others.
> All agreed with me, in fact, that the documentation
> presently leaves a lot to be desired;
> and it seems plain that considerable effort
> is going into improving this.
I think you'll find that the FreeBSD core team are very responsive
to users of the system they put together. I've never known them not to
come through with a solution to any of my problems.
> I look forward to the day when Linux and FreeBSD
> can share the same file-system,
> and we can all run both of them.
That'll be the day when Linux reads FFS, and everyone's running
Lites. :-)
-matt
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