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Date:      Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:30:06 +0100
From:      "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>
To:        "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Why dual boot?
Message-ID:  <018c01c1a675$f3dcc1c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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Terry writes:

> Can you back this statement up?

Only empirically.

> Complexity is an emergent property of even
> incredibly simple-seeming systems.

But that's not what I said.  I said that the more complex a system is, the
less stable it will tend to be.  This has nothing to do with whether or not
a seemingly simple system is in fact complex.

> Why you are for maintaining the status quo
> of monumental effort ...

I'm not.  It makes no difference to me, since I do not build dual-boot
systems.

> I guess tyhis is OK for a developer ...

It is okay for a production system or network, too.  Few systems operate in
isolation these days.




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