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From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> That's what I'm doing, although I've discovered that this list, at
> least, is nearly useless for that purpose.  One need only read your
> own post, and others like it, and distill the real, useful
> information they contain, if any, to see how poorly this list
> fulfills its nominal role.

... so*, where was the FreeBSD question in your post? You do seem to be
able to generate a lot of heated feelings, but that's by making sweeping
statements on a subject you're no expert in, and selectively ignoring
potentially helpful comments on the basis that "new hardware never
breaks".

Please, god, take this to -chat.**


jan

* channelling Abigail for the second time in a month, I must be getting
crotchety
** 'cause I'm not subscribed to that :-)

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