From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Jun 30 17:58:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from nwcst312.netaddress.usa.net (nwcst312.netaddress.usa.net [204.68.23.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 461C1153CC for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:58:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jesus.monroy@usa.net) Received: (qmail 18173 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Jul 1999 00:58:31 -0000 Message-ID: <19990701005831.18172.qmail@nwcst312.netaddress.usa.net> Received: from 204.68.23.57 by nwcst312 via web-mailer() on Thu Jul 1 00:58:31 GMT 1999 Date: 30 Jun 99 17:58:31 PDT From: Jesus Monroy To: Wes Peters Subject: Re: [Re: [Re: [Re: [FreeBSD Man Pages]]]] Cc: John Baldwin , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, Konrad Heuer , Sue Blake X-Mailer: USANET web-mailer () Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > Jesus Monroy wrote: > > = > > John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > > On 30-Jun-99 Jesus Monroy wrote: > > > > Sue Blake wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 02:28:16AM -0700, Jesus Monroy wrote: > > > >> > Konrad Heuer wrote: > > > >> > > > > > >> > > To my mind *one* of the points where FreeBSD is really good > > > >> > > are > > > >> > > the man > > > >> > > pages. I don't have a proposal how to use this fact for = > > > >> > > promoting > > > >> > > FreeBSD, > > > >> > > but my intention is to mention that strength of FreeBSD here= =2E > > > >> > > > > > >> > Very incorrect. Just a few days ago I show that 15% > > > >> > of the online whatis(1) and man(1) records where > > > >> > incorrect. > > > >> > > > >> For one definition of "incorrect". What you showed does not = > > > >> detract > > > >> from the point that Konrad is making. > > > >> > > > >> > > > > Wait a minute. Where is this arrogant attitude coming from! > > > > The results plainly should wrong pages index, bad references > > > > and missing descriptions. > > > > > > > > Please explain your idea (or definition of "correct"). > > > > (Please note I know where all the IEEE papers are on > > > > correct. So think this through before you popoff.) > > > > > > Relatively speaking they are a heck of a lot better than manpagse = > > > for > > > some > > > commercial Unices. They may not be perfect, but they're a heck of = a = > > > lot > > > closer.. and that was the original poster's point, which your > > > survey has > > > nothing to do with. > > > > > Well, as long as we are going to insert the foot, let's do > > it right. Thank you for following along folks in the game > > of "who's foot will be inserted first?" > = > Yours, of course. Do you have problems with athelete's mouth? If = > you really feel you MUST continue this assinine tirade, STOP CHANGING = > THE SUBJECT LINE YOU ASSHOLE! > = What the hell are you talking about? There is no tirade. I am simple stating facts. An I am not changing the subject line. The presriptions will now be dispensed at the water cooler in the rear of the building. --- "I'd rather pay for my freedom than live in a bitmapped, = pop-up-happy dungeon like NT." http://www.performancecomputing.com/features/9809of1.shtml ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=3D= 1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message