From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 10 0:11:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF5D37B405; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:11:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBA8HEe07837; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:17:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200112100817.fBA8HEe07837@mass.dis.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Greg Lehey Cc: Mike Smith , Joerg Wunsch , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Dangerously Decidated" yet again (was : cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:07:13 +1030." <20011210130713.C63585@monorchid.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:17:14 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >>> Still, it's my opinion that these BIOSes are simply broken: > > > > Joerg's personal opinion can go take a hike. The reality of the > > situation is that this table is required, and we're going to put it there. > > The reality of the situation is far from being clear. The only thing > I can see is that you're trying to dictate things without adequate > justification. You should reconsider that attitude. You can't substantiate your argument by closing your eyes, Greg. There's a wealth of evidence against your stance, and frankly, none that supports it other than myopic bigotry ("I don't want to do this because Microsoft use this format"). Are you going to stop using all of the other techniques that we share with them? -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message