From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 23 08:12:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA02451 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:12:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from glacier.cold.org (glacier.cold.org [206.81.134.54]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA02400 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:12:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from brandon@localhost) by glacier.cold.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA18683; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:14:38 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:14:37 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie To: Bill Paul cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. In-Reply-To: <199609231352.JAA18085@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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. Pushing the enemy away and stoicly keeping anything even smelling like the enemy from your senses is the primary thing that will destroy any 'movement' you may want. On the other hand, providing a look and feel to help win over microsoft junkies is a definite win.