From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 20 10:46:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A98416A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:46:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89B0F43D1F for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:46:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (net4801-2 [192.168.254.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B8C84AC3D; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:46:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:46:24 +0100 From: cpghost@cordula.ws To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20050320104624.GB67329@fw.farid-hajji.net> References: <200503192058.j2JKwri14501@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200503192058.j2JKwri14501@clunix.cl.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: "Marco Greene \(ML\)" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Ted Mittelstaedt Subject: Re: Stupid ASCII loader prompt X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:46:37 -0000 On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 03:58:53PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > Not true, based on the heavy response on this issue on the mailing lists > > every time it comes up. > > Oh come on. All that noise is from the same eight or ten people, while the > thousands just ignore it and hope it will go away. Jerry, just because people don't spam the lists any further, doesn't mean it's not important to them. Behind the scenes, there's a lot of grumbling about this issue both in Unix User Groups and among sysadmins. The recent anti-beastie push (no, not necessarily the logo contest alone, but the complete campaign, even against the loader prompt!) is generating bad karma all over the place, and a lot of people, esp. outside the US, are really bewildered, why this is happening *right now*. It is a bikeshed discussion. I wished it would go away, together with the few anti-beastie campaign(ers). Please leave things as they are. There's no need to paint that bikeshed again; it is just fine. Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/