From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 03:49:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA27022 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 03:49:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from firewall.ftf.dk (root@mail.ftf.dk [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA27013 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 03:48:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.2]) by firewall.ftf.dk (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA09328; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:37:23 +0100 Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.5/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id MAA15978; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:56:12 +0100 (CET) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id MAA01789; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:47:42 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <19980225124742.57622@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:47:42 +0100 From: Philippe Regnauld To: Tom Torrance Cc: Adam Turoff , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , hackers , Robert Glover Subject: Re: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? References: <004401bd41de$32670780$032b96cd@darkstar.tomqnx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <004401bd41de$32670780$032b96cd@darkstar.tomqnx.com>; from Tom Torrance on Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 06:12:01AM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tom Torrance writes: > Dead? I don't think so. We have 43,000 people on TR where > I work. Small business popularity does not equate to corporate. What Jordan means, is that a) there is not a big popularity for TR in the FreeBSD community b) the two people that ever showed sudden "I'll do it!" enthusiasm have never surfaced again, even though I offered several Kilos of TR cards lying here. I might even be able to bribe some people on copying the specs[1]. So, one can say that, if TR isn't dead, it damn well acts like it is. [1]: Driver developer: I'd like to make a comment! IBM/Olicom/Whatever: Call the help desk. DD: Never mind. I wish to complain about this product called Token Ring. I/O: What's wrong with it ? DD: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. It's dead, that's what's wrong with it! I/O: Uh uh. It's... resting. DD: Look matey, I know a dead TR when I see one. I/O: He's resting! Remarkable card, the TR. Beautiful specs! DD: (slams the TR card on the counter to the words: this *slam* TR *slam* is *slam* DEAD! I/O: ... well... DD: ... so can I please have the specs anyway. I/O: No, sorry, you need to sign an NDA and pay up. *click* Thank GOD they're dead. -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]- «Pluto placed his bad dog at the entrance of Hades to keep the dead IN and the living OUT! The archetypical corporate firewall?» - S. Kelly Bootle, ("MYTHOLOGY", in Marutukku distrib) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message