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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: IDE and ASUS P/I-P6NP5
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:20:41 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <521.842510031@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 11, 96 11:33:51 pm
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> Hey, folks, I think this whole SCSI vs IDE debate sort of misses the
> fundamental point, which has nothing at all to do with "which is
> better."  We're in the business of providing an operating system
> with FreeBSD, which means that the decision making process should
> always go like this:
> 
> 1. Evaluate what the market is using, paying particular attention to
>    what the existing and potential FreeBSD segments of it are inclined to buy.
> 
> 2. Assign development priorities based on this data.
> 
> 3. Identify appropriate mailing lists to whine into, the volume and
>    frequency of said whining being directly proportional to the importance
>    of the task.
> 
> 4. Wait for resources to match themselves to projects. :-)

Clearly, no one wants to match themselves to "advanced" IDE, with the
possible exception of Soren, who is arguably insane.  8-).

People who want it should match themselves, or it won't get done, no
matter how much #3 is pounded upon ("I cut it off 3 times and it's
still too short").


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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