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Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs...
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
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> The problem is that the minute you start removing things from /etc and
> putting them in their more "logical" places, the learning curve for
> existing UNIX admins goes up and this too is "cost."

Are we trying to detract from other UNIX implementations by wooing their
sysadmins, or are we trying to detract from NT by wooing NT sysadmins?

In the trade between "logically complete" and "copletely logical",
you should go after whichever segment is larger (hint: NT).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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