From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 16 15:09:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA23090 for current-outgoing; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 15:09:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA23073 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 15:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA08643; Fri, 16 Aug 1996 16:05:13 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 16:05:13 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199608162205.QAA08643@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams To: Terry Lambert Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinions? NT VS UNIX, NT SUCKS SOMETIMES In-Reply-To: <199608162144.OAA03461@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199608162136.PAA08388@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199608162144.OAA03461@phaeton.artisoft.com> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > The SysV of 'multiple run-levels' is something I've yet to see used. > > Even the most hard-core SysV gurus use the two available in BSD, > > single-user and multi-user. > > How about: > 1) "permanent connection exists"? > 2) "transient network connection does not exist" > 3) "transient network connection exists" > > I could see these all being options that you would want to support: > > 1) My computer is docked in my office > 2) I am on a plane to the East Coast office > 3) I am in the Eact Coast office with a WaveLAN/IR PCMCIA card > installed to connect me to the lcoal net. All of these work pretty well with the current PCCARD setup. Basically, when you plug in your PCCARD, it configures the network for you as necessary. No need for run levels at all, and they would get in the way anyway. Nate