From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 12 03:47:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA13468 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 03:47:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from paladio.canonware.com (canonware.com [206.184.206.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA13454 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 03:47:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jasone@canonware.com) Received: from localhost (jasone@localhost) by paladio.canonware.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA30716; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 03:47:25 -0800 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 03:47:25 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Evans X-Sender: jasone@paladio Reply-To: Jason Evans To: Greg Lehey cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: F00F bug *fixed* in 2.0.x kernels In-Reply-To: <19971212154642.57734@lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > It's a pity that Linus seems to be becoming less professional in his > approach. In that message, he reminded me more of a football hero > hurling invective after a match. Is this the price of fame? I recently read an entire newsgroup thread on the debate over Minix vs. Linux, posted circa 1992 (there's a link off of some KDE page). I was shocked to find an overall level of diplomacy and civility that I've never seen in any newsgroup (I started reading newsgroups in about 1994). Linus apologizing for "flaming" another poster, when I considered it a very prudent post. Times change... Jason Jason Evans Email: [jasone@canonware.com] Home phone: [(650) 856-8204] Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison]