From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 5 4:51:11 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 04:51:10 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B205E37B400 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 04:51:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #42699) with ESMTP id <01JXCIPK8EBQ00133N@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 13:51:07 +0100 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 13:51:06 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 13:51:05 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: nslookup deprecation [was 4.2 complaint] To: 'Dag-Erling Smorgrav' Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7A86@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > Public Enemy said it before: don't believe the hype. In > > this case, the hype that an Internet year is only a few weeks of > > wallclock time. > > I'm sure there must be some meaning to what you write, but it keeps > eluding me. > I don't think that a year and a half is a long time for nslookup to be marked as deprecated but still being in wide use. I know that the current fad is to think that the Internet is a fastpaced environment. For some it may be, for nslookup it is not. Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message