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Date:      Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:34:26 -0500
From:      Dave Glowacki <dglo@ssec.wisc.edu>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/isc-dhcp - Imported sources 
Message-ID:  <200006301934.OAA05667@hyde.ssec.wisc.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:12:15 PDT." <20000630101215.F73041@dragon.nuxi.com> 

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"David O'Brien" wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 09:40:35AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> > > 1. Everyone uses /bin/csh (show me a box that has never had root login at
> > >    least once.
> > 
> > Not true - I (and I would guess some others) always change root's shell 
> > to /bin/sh.
> 
> YES true.  You just proved it.  You may have used it only once, but you
> still used it.

Ah, the classic Microsoft trap: you can get a refund on Windows
if you've never used it, but you need to use it to boot the machine
in order to replace it.

(Is there a corollary to Godwin's Law covering Microsoft in technical
discussions? :-)

I'm on the /bin/sh side of this discussion, even though I've been using
BSD in one form or another for over 16 years.  I realize, however, that
the hard-liners will *never* allow a change like this ... after all,
there's an infinitesimal chance that the rest of the world will suddenly
see the light and switch to csh.


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