From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 28 10:46:01 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA15239 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 10:46:01 -0700 Received: from gndrsh.aac.dev.com (gndrsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA15233 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 10:45:58 -0700 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by gndrsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id KAA09971; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 10:46:00 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199506281746.KAA09971@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: Paul Richards: sysconfig routed setting To: wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 10:46:00 -0700 (PDT) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.Org (FreeBSD hackers) In-Reply-To: <9506281719.AA01124@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> from "Garrett Wollman" at Jun 28, 95 01:19:56 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 879 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.Org Precedence: bulk [Put back on the list, there was no reason to take this private.] > > < said: > > > You might hate routed and the RIP protocol (and I agree it is not very > > eligant) but it does get the job done for the a very large mass of the > > world. > > And using a large screwdriver handle to pound in a nail also `gets the > job done', but it is unquestionably the wrong tool. But if it is the only tool I have to get the job done at the time I must get the job done I have no quarms about doing just that (and I own $1000's in hand tools alone, not to mention the power tools!!!). Good anology, for making my side of the point too!! -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD