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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!portc01.blue.aol.com!cliffs.rs.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!super.zippo.com!zdc-e!szdc!szdc-e!news From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux UFS support and FreeBSD Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 13:20:25 -0500 Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine Lines: 40 Message-ID: <32C01EE9.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> References: <59ac1t$hq1@news6.noc.netcom.net> <59f7q6$f7a@nesti.newengland.net> <sehari.851367370@eng3.iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:37771 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33269 Babak $ehari wrote: (Message from Linux kernel that could be offensive to some deleted) > > On the contrary, I think this shows Linux people are more fun! > May be other people are humor impaired and in need of psychological > evaluation. > Well, the amount of fun that I have isn't usually dependent on obsenity (in fact it is never dependent on obsenity.) I compare peoples "enjoyment" of obsenity with Beavis & Buttheads "obsession" with bodily functions... We all know about them, it is just that after we all grow up, we don't think that they are funny anymore. > > >would someone please change the offending message? > I really think that the only time that message would be a problem for Linux, is if it appeared in a serious business environment. It is ashamed that one has to comb the source code for such messages before deploying the binaries on a customer's site. > > You may write your own code for all snobs of the world. Hey start a > new Unix OS. Call it BSD Snobs! :-) By the way do you know what Unix > means? really. If you knew, I guess you've never used it!! :-) Check a > good dictionary. > I don't know that it is snobbery, as much as appropriate language for given situations. In the real working world, there are situations where such language is not appropriate, and alot of people don't want to be on the forefront of bringing obsenity into their working places. Some places are very liberal about language, but many are not. It is really really easy to be NOT obscene. John