From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 6 04:34:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA10727 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 04:34:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA10722 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 04:34:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA07053; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 06:32:08 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: picnic.mat.net: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 06:32:07 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@picnic.mat.net To: Niall Smart cc: Terry Lambert , adrian@virginia.edu, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Niall Smart wrote: > On Nov 5, 7:23pm, Terry Lambert wrote: > } Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections? > > > > I have to say that my introduction to UNIX was via the games. > > [snip] > > > If you kill the games, you damage "recruitment". > > With all respect, studies show that only 1/100000 people install FreeBSD > to play text mode games. Umm, I don't see the smiley. Just what study are you referring to? I wasn't aware any such had ever been done ... > > Niall > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------