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From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@users.tmok.com>
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Subject: Re: Color ls
In-Reply-To: <200007190109.SAA20514@mass.osd.bsdi.com> from Mike Smith at "Jul 18, 2000  6: 9:58 pm"
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Mike Smith drunkenly mumbled...
> > > So fix your Sun systems so that they recognise xterm-color.
> > 
> > I don't administer the Suns.
> 
> But somebody does, and if you need them to talk to a colour terminal they 
> need to be fixed.

and speaking as a terribly old school administrator, i would think to myself, 
"stupid color ls is for wankerware loving lusers." as i made it work for you.

sure, lusers really annoy us, but doing what you ask to make your job "easier"
is sorta what our job is all about, so with a few exceptions, we will happily
make the change for you.

being a long time solaris administrator, i can say that there are numerous
problems with the OS.  we all know it, so we aren't supprised when people
ask us to do things like this.

god i miss SunOS 4.x, but at least i don't administrate irix.

Brian "Color? We don't need no stinkin' color" Hechinger


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