From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Nov 23 04:32:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA22729 for chat-outgoing; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 04:32:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA22720 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 04:32:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id XAA22695 for chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 23:02:24 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611231232.XAA22695@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Underneath all the gloss... To: chat@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 23:02:23 +1030 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk So RedHat Linux looks pretty classy eh? Certainly their web pages show some nice design, and all that point-n-klick stuff is pretty neat. But here's something to make you stop and think a moment... " The RPM packaging system, a growing Linux standard makes upgrading and maintaining your system painless and worry free. New in release 4 is "package dependencies" which eliminates guess work and prevents major system failures when installing, uninstalling and upgrading software packages. " Urk. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[