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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!bcm.tmc.edu!academ!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: the 386BSD newsgroup Message-ID: <id.RXSN1._O2@nmti.com> Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva) Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI References: <KSTAILEY.95Sep27232934@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov> <44ep5v$r8a@park.uvsc.edu> <44f7qn$ins@white.dogwood.com> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 18:13:25 GMT Lines: 18 In article <44f7qn$ins@white.dogwood.com>, Dave Cornejo <dave@white.dogwood.com> wrote: > As in any democratic process, the process is very democratic to the > winners, and is very undemocratic to the losers. While I agree that the process mostly works, it's *not* a democratic process. It has a lot of features that *look* like one, but really it's more like a marketing survey. Both your and Terry's rattling on about democracy is, well, irrelevant to how the system actually works. Or doesn't (as the case may be). More details on request, but really it's pretty obvious if you think about it. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them