From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 9 04:13:12 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id EAA10129 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 04:13:12 -0800 Received: from shell.monmouth.com (pechter@shell.monmouth.com [205.164.220.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA10118 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 04:13:07 -0800 Received: (from pechter@localhost) by shell.monmouth.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id HAA18874; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 07:12:06 -0500 From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter Message-Id: <199511091212.HAA18874@shell.monmouth.com> Subject: Re: Here's why you should post about MINIX To: piero@strider.ibenet.it Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 07:12:05 -0500 (EST) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-hackers) In-Reply-To: <199511090945.KAA26073@strider.ibenet.it> from "Piero Serini" at Nov 9, 95 10:45:17 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1080 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Quoting from Jordan K. Hubbard (Thu Nov 9 03:10:51 1995): > > Minix != FreeBSD just as Xenix != FreeBSD and you hardly see us giving > > pointers to Xenix. I will neither approve it nor go to any special > > trouble to mention it in the FAQ.. Not to be heartless, I just don't > > see the need or relevance. Quoting from Piero Serini > > Ok. I'm Joe User a f@#$ing newbie, I only have a f#$%ing 286 so I > write to freebsd-questions and ask'em "Ho guys what kind of UNIX > *can* I run on my wonderful 286", and get no answer. > > When I buy a P100 I will go *for sure* to the linux mailing lists > where people is so kind to give advise to me, poor owner of a 286. > > Sorry Jordan, this time you're wrong, IMHO. Damn right. Lets lose the not invented here syndrome and be kind do other net citizens. Put a couple of paragraphs in the FAQ (and maybe on the web site...). It costs very little to do others some good here. Bill (who still has a real working copy of Xenix-86 for the 8086/8088 environment and still has people trying to buy it from him.)