From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 2 6: 6:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from atlrel2.hp.com (atlrel2.hp.com [156.153.255.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F004A14C58 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 06:06:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from postal.sr.hp.com (root@postal.sr.hp.com [15.4.46.173]) by atlrel2.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id JAA22832 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 09:06:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com (root@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by postal.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id GAA23921 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 06:04:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id GAA22439 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 06:01:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906021301.GAA22439@mina.sr.hp.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel config script Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Jun 1999 09:50:45 MDT." <37540155.1BF16326@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.1.1.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 06:01:17 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > If you mean "lack of competition would make UNIX more homogenous and > more viable to every Tom, Dick, and Jane that comes down the pike," > I will agree with that. I just disagree that this is success. UNIX > was never meant to be a word processor loader, and complete overkill > for such an application. I'm curious: in your opinion, what is the purpose of Unix? Personally, I'd much rather use a single OS for everything -- including word processing. I don't -- today -- but that's where I'd like to be. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message