From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 23 18:39:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA19929 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 18:39:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA19901 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 18:39:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zeus.xtalwind.net (slipper54b.xtalwind.net [205.160.242.158]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id SAA04528 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 18:39:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.xtalwind.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA03738; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 21:37:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 21:37:25 -0400 (EDT) From: jack X-Sender: jack@localhost Reply-To: jack To: Brandon Gillespie cc: Bill Paul , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, President of DEC, World Future Society Convention, 1977