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Date:      Sun, 14 Feb 1999 03:00:44 -0600
From:      Zach Heilig <zach@uffdaonline.net>
To:        Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sysinstall & rc.conf
Message-ID:  <19990214030044.B3920@znh.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902140713310.44512-100000@arnold.neland.dk>; from Leif Neland on Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 07:14:26AM %2B0100
References:  <49138.918968783@zippy.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902140713310.44512-100000@arnold.neland.dk>

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On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 07:14:26AM +0100, Leif Neland wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > > until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty.  It's the anti-POLA!  ;)

> > That's "POMA" :)

> Could somebody tell me the meaning of those acronyms?

POLA -> Policy? Of Least Astonishment
POMA ->    "    "  Most     "        (seems jkh just made this one up :-)

anyway, the intent should be clear now.

-- 
Zach Heilig <zach@uffdaonline.net> / Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>
"Americans are sensitive about their money, and since this was the first major
change in the greenback in nearly 70 years, a radical redesign might have been
too much for consumers to comprehend" -- John Iddings [COINage, Feb. 1999].

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