From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 14 15:43:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F8915103 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:43:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org ([216.62.157.60]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FMR00KAX8I64V@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:42:07 -0600 (CST) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA07973; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:44:32 -0600 (CST envelope-from chris) X-URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~chris/ Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:44:32 -0600 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: sysinstall: is it really at the end of its lifecycle? In-reply-to: <19991215000600.C77327@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Wilko Bulte Cc: Mark Newton , Peter Jeremy , Donn Miller , current@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19991214174432.Y868@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT (i386) References: <2177.945155945@zippy.cdrom.com> <3855F364.E66EC87B@cvzoom.net> <99Dec15.073843est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au> <19991215083352.B3500@internode.com.au> <19991215000600.C77327@yedi.iaf.nl> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 15, 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote: > This does, however, have all the risks of building yet another SMIT or > SAM. :-( Neither attempt at making Unix sysadm 'user-friendly' makes > me want to cheer. What do you want in making Unix quick to administer? Seems to me that's the real goal of those things. Click click click done, you know. > And: how many people would volunteer for such a job? > Or is it assumed that since this appears suspiciously like Real Work > it will be a paid-for job? Maybe I'll get a free T-shirt for writing Trident (or whatever name I decide on), the 'SAM Done The FreeBSD Way' project. -- |Chris Costello |Managing programmers is like herding cats. `------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message