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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:56:44 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        chris@calldei.com
Cc:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, crh@outpost.co.nz
Subject:   Re: Jordan the Confused (Was: Jordan The Evil!)
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.32.19990415215446.0095d610@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <19990415221527.I3986@holly.dyndns.org>
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At 10:15 PM 4/15/99 -0500, Chris Costello wrote:

>  The reason for the lack of these tools was explained in the
>sentence you quoted.  "quote patently, FreeBSD's approach is *not*
>desktop oriented," -- this seems to explain it well.

No, Jordan's approach is not desktop-oriented. Which is a BIG mistake,
and a decision he should not be allowed to make.

Unless an OS can at least be adapted to be desktop-friendly, it will 
never fully enter the mainstream.

--Brett Glass

"You're not just e-mailing her, you're e-mailing anyone she's ever
e-mailed." 

-- Dayton Daily News Cartoonist Mike Peters on the "Melissa virus"



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