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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!204.127.130.5!worldnet.att.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Careless integration of others' code (WAS Re: Why no addusr?) Date: 17 Feb 1997 11:38:43 -0500 Organization: Panix Lines: 32 Message-ID: <5ea1ij$n59@panix2.panix.com> References: <none-ya023480001912962244220001@news.infi.net> <1997Feb17.092249@screwem.citi.umich.edu> <5e9sjj$drq@panix2.panix.com> <1997Feb17.112025@screwem.citi.umich.edu> Reply-To: tls@rek.tjls.com NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5471 In article <1997Feb17.112025@screwem.citi.umich.edu>, peter honeyman <honey@citi.umich.edu> wrote: >Thor Lancelot Simon writes: > > >interesting word, there, trustworthy. i just read niklas' note, in > >which he describes how his trust in netbsd developers was shaken to > >the core by their wanton vandalism. > > Niklas did not say that. > >tls, you seem to have trouble with the english language. e.g., i >did not use the words "niklas said ... ", i used the words "niklas >described how ..." > >here are niklas' exact words: > >> II I trust NetBSD code. I think I still do, although my idealistic world >> view might have taken a hit. > >i stand by my characterization. > And I still think it's a remarkable stretch from what niklas actually said. That's just my opinion. I encourage the reader to examine all of what I said, including the sentences which peter snipped in the response quoted here, what peter said, and what Niklas said. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@rek.tjls.com But as he knew no bad language, he had called him all the names of common objects that he could think of, and had screamed: "You lamp! You towel! You plate!" and so on. --Sigmund Freud