Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:01:05 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support <software@kew.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: after the release ... Message-ID: <199803230031.LAA28146@cain.gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:09:16 MDT." <E0yG92S-0001UU-00@set.spradley.tmi.net>
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> I have trouble understanding the comfort part here. How does one feel more c > omfortable applying a big binary patch? The point of free (as in freedom) so > ftware is that you get the sources. With a binary patch you get the assuranc > es of a faceless corporation that you will be allowed to spend hours listenin > g to music on the telephone if you have difficulty with the binary patch. Is > that more comfortable than learning to type "make world"? Hmm.... "make world" costs 300mB of HD space :) And you need to keep your sources up to date.. *I* do it, but lots of people don't... --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software | |http://www.gsoft.com.au | |The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to| |choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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