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Date:      Sat, 24 Jul 1999 14:25:24 +0100
From:      Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Radu-Cristian FOTESCU <rfotescu@idsrom.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?!
Message-ID:  <19990724142523.B56710@palmerharvey.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <73448.932787007@zippy.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 08:30:07PM -0700
References:  <C1F3617BDC52D21185E40000214C247C15404E@id-bucharest.idsrom.com> <73448.932787007@zippy.cdrom.com>

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On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 08:30:07PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > 1. Why Linux has bash as default and FreeBSD csh? They want "command
> > history" with ARROWS, not with "!".
> 
> Because FreeBSD makes it so easy to add your own shell of choice from
> /usr/ports/shells.  Not everyone likes bash, you know, and for
> everyone saying "bash should be the default!" there's someone else
> going "NO!  Tcsh as the default or death!" or "zsh is the One True
> Shell you heathens!  Bash sucks!"

Dammit, Jordan, why doesn't FreeBSD arrive with 6th Edition shell
preinstalled.  All that Bourne stuff is complete and utter bloatware!

;-)

(Yes, I know csh is derived from the 6th Edition shell)
-- 
Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator

	In Mountain View did Larry Wall
	    Sedately launch a quiet plea:
	That DOS, the ancient system, shall
	    On boxes pleasureless to all
	Run Perl though lack they C.
-- 
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