Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 10:43:51 -0500 (EST) From: "Jason J. Horton" <jason@intercom.com> To: Rod Taylor <tr49986@rcc.on.ca> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Games Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904011040470.5384-100000@mail.intercom.com> In-Reply-To: <370308C1.9B908465@rcc.on.ca>
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On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Rod Taylor wrote: > Just out of curiosity, why are there games included in the FreeBSD > source tree? > > For a group of people that was so worried about including dhcp because > it's extra code, don't you think it's time to make those games into > ports only? > > I say this under the assumption that they're not required for FreeBSD to > function. (Not like IE for windows ;) As far as I am concerned, things like fortune, pom, pig and banner have been included with BSD-ish systems for ages... Tradition... I wouldn't feel the same if I didn't get my fortune every login. also, don't you have the option to not have the games? -Jason J. Horton <jason@intercom.com> Senior Network & Systems Engineer Intercom Online Inc. 212.378.2202 | http://www.intercom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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