From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 19:58:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D043F16A4CF for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:58:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 611D043D2D for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:58:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9683B60E3; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:58:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47950-02; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:58:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC6560D4; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:58:39 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <427291EE.4080809@makeworld.com> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:58:38 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050414) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Sconiers References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050426233321.084e9210@cobalt.antimatter.net> <51899.216.177.243.42.1114584317.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050427001118.0327cd50@cobalt.antimatter.net> <52515.216.177.243.42.1114586501.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <61359.216.177.243.35.1114722481.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <20050429105416.GA94049@wedge.madpilot.net> <42728DF1.9040908@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: /dev/null cc: Guido Falsi cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot banner project X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:58:45 -0000 John Sconiers wrote: > On 4/29/05, Chris wrote: > >>John Sconiers wrote: >>... >> >>>Adding less then a meg here or there is not bloat. Unless of course the goal is to >>>create an advanced operating system unable to get / keep users. >>> >>>My $.02 >> >>The problem is this; if everyone keeps adding "less then a meg here or >>there" then you DO end up with bloat. >> >>Where to you draw the line? How much is too much? To me, I would rather >>add that less then a meg here and there to the core OS ... Not to >>something that (to me) does not need to look perdy. >> >>... and my .02 >> >>-- >>Best regards, >>Chris >> >>If reproducibility may be a problem conduct the >>test only once. >> John Sconiers wrote: > Do you want to get / keep new users, compete wth other operating > systems, etc.... > Of course - but NOT at the expense for the OS itself. The banner is only seen once. It does not have to be perdy to attract users. If that's the case, if it needs to be perdy to attract users - then (speaking for myself) do you want that flavor of user? Are you not at that point trying to emulate a Windows-ee look? As I said, I care more about the quality of the OS. -- Best regards, Chris The spot you are scrubbing on glassware is always on the other side.