From owner-freebsd-chat Sun May 11 20:03:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA24736 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 20:03:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA24728 for ; Sun, 11 May 1997 20:03:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA16981; Sun, 11 May 1997 20:03:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705120303.UAA16981@austin.polstra.com> To: Stephen McKay cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Users of CVSup2.FreeBSD.ORG please read! In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 10 May 1997 22:17:48 +1000." <199705101217.WAA02672@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au> References: <199705090546.WAA25223@austin.polstra.com> <199705090718.RAA08152@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au> <199705091609.JAA29058@austin.polstra.com> <199705101217.WAA02672@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 20:03:17 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Ok, a quick point and giggle doesn't always work over the Internet. > I apologise if I have offended any FreeBSD supporter, whether or > not they are the owner of CVSup2. And I apologize to you for coming back so hard at you. I was certainly touchier than I should have been. > This doesn't change my main message though. Buying non-parity > memory is still a dumb idea, and worse if it is for a server. It's true. I have no argument with that. But remember, around the time the original Triton chipset came out, it was practically impossible to get a motherboard that supported parity without paying a tremendous surcharge. It wasn't an easy decision to make at that time. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth