Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:53:09 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon) Cc: bpederson@geocities.com, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern Message-ID: <199911302053.NAA05793@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199911301831.KAA26563@apollo.backplane.com> from "Matthew Dillon" at Nov 30, 99 10:31:37 am
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> :Sorry, but I have to agree with Bill on this...depending on undefined > :behavior in a system is just plain bad practice. You're gonna get > :burned eventually when someone implements a similar system but doesn't > :necessarily exactly copy all the undefined behaviors. > > This is ridiculous. We aren't talking about people writing scripts > here. We are talking about human nature. Human beings are not > computers and expecting them to act like a computer in their everyday > sysadmining is just plain ridiculous. Matt's right. Expecting humans to exhibit this level of competence on average is unreasonable. Instead, you should hire competent system admins, and expect that average humans will be able to obtain jobs in the food service industry. Someone has to ask good sysadmins whether or not they want fries withtheir McMeals. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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