From owner-freebsd-config Wed Jan 29 13:30:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA22560 for config-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 13:30:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from dns.pinpt.com (dns.pinpt.com [205.179.195.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA22525 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 13:30:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from journeyman (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by dns.pinpt.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA28319; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 13:29:05 -0800 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 13:25:01 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Subject: Re: Commerical applications To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: config@freebsd.org, imp@village.org, Marc van Kempen X-Mailer: Chameleon ATX 6.0, Standards Based IntraNet Solutions, NetManage Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <428.854569568@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Using one of the wonderful existing languages (I don't want to start a war on > > this one.) you create a text and a graphical shell that would both read from > > one main script file to tell it what to do. You could have two main boot > > disks, both with the same script (for ease of maintanence) but one would have > > Ah, and he says it with such casualness.. :-) When I was little I used to turn to my parents and say "Can you get me that teletype? It's _only_ $600." ;) > That business of "creating a text and a graphical shell that would ..." > is the work of many months, unless you've got one you've been hiding from > us all this time. :-) True, but after many months of work you would have an amazing install interfact that _could_ (if done well) blow away any other system. You could make it one of the new nifty things in 3.0-R. I don't have such a thing, don't I wish. But depenging on what language it was written in I could help with some of the it. -Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ Local Time Sent: 01/29/97 13:25:02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------