Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 21:37:25 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@xtalwind.net> To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@glacier.cold.org> Cc: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. Message-ID: <Pine.FBS.3.95.960923211022.3676A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960923091244.18671A-100000@glacier.cold.org>
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On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote:
> > There are a couple of things I'd like to say here, about how this
> > whole discussion is nothing more than a sad example of caving in to
> > the Micro$oft Mentality (tm) and how we really should be concentrating
> > on more important things like fixing bugs and improving performance
> > before talking about stroking our egos with a pointless splash page, but
> > I'm going to put those things aside in favor or a more pressing issue.
>
> Pushing the enemy away and stoicly keeping anything even smelling like the
> enemy from your senses is the primary thing that will destroy any
> 'movement' you may want. On the other hand, providing a look and feel to
> help win over microsoft junkies is a definite win.
The ***LAST*** thing I want on any of my machines is the look or feel of
BillyBob's crap. I need a functional, reliable operating system that
let's me control the box and not hide everything behind silly pictures.
When I had a half dozen ne2000 cards of unknown ancestry it was a simple
matter of using a FreeBSD boot disk to probe them and find out what I/O
and IRQs they were set for.
If it must be done, make it an option. We don't need to lower our
standards, M$ needs to up theirs.
#soap_box off
re:IDE CDROMS
Good news for a change. :) I've used a Chinon CDS-545 with 2.1.0 and
2.1.5, and a Turtle Beach TBS-4002 with 2.1.5 and 2.2-960801-SNAP without
any problems. Installs, pkg_add, whatever.
Jack
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