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Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 22:08:46 +0200
From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
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Cc: current@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>,
	Andrew Atrens <atrens@nortel.com>, small@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD's embedded agenda
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On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 09:55:52PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote..
> In message <1148585364.447605943e3e1@imp2-g19.free.fr>, Olivier Gautherot write
> s:
> 
> >For the filesystem, we could think of a standard one - why reinvent the wheel
> >when FreeBSD already has a good one that could be used, possibly with a few
> >tweaks?
> 
> "The adequate has always been the worst enemy of excellence"

Or worse still "it works/it is cheap" which appears to be todays slogan.

> Remember, it's: "FreeBSD, the best damn UNIX around", not "FreeBSD:
> Yet Another Mediocre UNIX".

Make that UNIX-like or TOG will be on your back.  Another one of these
modern times 'achievements'.

-- 
Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org