Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:10:55 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HAL must die! Message-ID: <20110316151055.GA88946@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <19840.16752.255942.50511@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103061251530.95312@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <4D7FE8E1.90600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110315203753.55f1ec3b@scorpio> <201103160925.59230.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <19840.16752.255942.50511@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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--4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Robert Huff on Wednesday, 16 March 2011: > Erich Dollansky writes: >=20 > > > The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to > > > choose from. > > =20 > > when it comes to screwing, we use - at least outside the USA - > > metric screws. M3, M4 ... M10 ...=20 > > =20 > > We do not care much who manufactured them. > > =20 > > The software industry is still far away from this. >=20 > ... in part, because the definition of a "screw" is not yet > fixed. >=20 Microsoft seems to understand the definition of "screw" well enough for its own purposes. The rest of us just don't like being on the receiving end of it. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://chipsquips.com | http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNgNL/AAoJEIpckszW26+R7AcIAMqJZvZsNEWfT2iDa0b1sepZ W4MddiIqFrH1kfRHESKjqmv7TpdQpiIIGTKUBGOoeyWlByt48BTYed2ZG08rc+ab InrEbzaVxz6DWjJKTLYYYN1PnjnPb4PLLpQO0pezA/4R52eYyfJfOR3jcqKmh5ob kVSvlYu2nqjNpReL9/ivUvIoRQwu0avFyTKFOjiBV9fbP8SyMaa6R6zD+F01MnYw mMp/UeAqWa1LKg/0JR7vDmIFfWnVulpDdOSppqwSuACXL0J8RufYhGpIHCOHIvch k1+RJBF9djwugIMIIV7Z0f2SQv5PLtyc4UXYXnFfC4wPSmd3cY6yHh6U1GPtoCo= =Y9j9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--
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