From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 23 06:56:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA03803 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 06:56:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA03780 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 06:56:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skynet.ctr.columbia.edu by agora.rdrop.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #17) id m0v5BUL-0008vTC; Mon, 23 Sep 96 06:55 PDT Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA18085 for hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:52:00 -0400 From: Bill Paul Message-Id: <199609231352.JAA18085@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:51:57 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [all other discussion snipped] Uh... guys? Guys?! There are a couple of things I'd like to say here, about how this whole discussion is nothing more than a sad example of caving in to the Micro$oft Mentality (tm) and how we really should be concentrating on more important things like fixing bugs and improving performance before talking about stroking our egos with a pointless splash page, but I'm going to put those things aside in favor or a more pressing issue. While you're all gushing all over yourselves with nifty splash page ideas, you're forgetting that not every FreeBSD machine out there has a graphics console. Yes boys and girls, some of us mutants actually use dumb ASCII terminals for consoles, and if you fuck up our ability to continue doing so, we will swoop down on you like... like... like mutant ASCII terminal console users, and take you to the Mutant ASCII Terminal Console User King, who will undoubtedly be very unhappy. He's already plenty miffed that we can't do a proper install from a serial console. So don't let me catch any of you lot showing up here with a vacuous, 'Stepford hacker' grin on your face saying: "Oh yeah, by the way, we had to throw out serial console support to make the splash screen work. Hope you don't mind. All in the name of progress, you know; there's a good chap." Remember: we mutant ASCII terminal console users look just like the rest of you; we're everywhere. And we'll be watching. [cue Outer Limits theme] -Bill ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you." =============================================================================