From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 24 10:38:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA08817 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:38:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA08793 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:37:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00591; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:34:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804241734.KAA00591@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Terry Lambert cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Protected mode instructions which reduce to noop. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 Apr 1998 06:22:59 -0000." <199804240622.XAA07872@usr09.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:34:31 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > IBM is technically competent in > most regards (brilliant in some, which is surprising; management tends to > fear brilliant things). Having been close to quite a lot of IBM hardware at levels I'm familiar with, I would perhaps cant that slightly and say that IBM often manage to bring to market products that have not had their technical excellence dulled by cost concerns. It's a pity that the result is a product that costs too much for what it effectively is. 8( -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message