From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 22 03:04:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA12293 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 22 Sep 1996 03:04:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA12275 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 1996 03:04:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id DAA00420; Sun, 22 Sep 1996 03:03:39 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199609221003.DAA00420@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. To: brandon@glacier.cold.org (Brandon Gillespie) Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 03:03:39 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Brandon Gillespie" at Sep 22, 96 00:04:13 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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.