Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 03:03:39 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: brandon@glacier.cold.org (Brandon Gillespie) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. Message-ID: <199609221003.DAA00420@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960921234950.14645B-100000@glacier.cold.org> from "Brandon Gillespie" at Sep 22, 96 00:04:13 am
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> > IMHO setting up the root window in X to some neat FreeBSD graphic > > would be just fine to impress the masses. > > > > Is it really a viable objection that probe messages are construed as > > flakey operation? I always thought the probe messages were the sign > > of "gee..this is a real operating system". > > As is my opinion, unfortunately many of the people who may agree are not > in a position to decide which OS goes on a server. The primary benefit of a "splash screen" is not inherent polish. It is in allowing OEM's to replace it to allow them to "brand" the resulting product. This is, incidently, the same value as the /etc/issue, vs. the much more difficult gettytab hacking currently required. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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