From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 29 20:06:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA25464 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:06:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pop01.globecomm.net (pop01.globecomm.net [206.253.129.185]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA25409 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:06:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zen@buddhist.com) Received: from WhizKid (r21.bfm.org [208.18.213.117]) by pop01.globecomm.net (8.9.0/8.8.0) with SMTP id XAA03098; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:05:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19981229220532.008a0150@mail.bfm.org> X-Sender: Stanislav@mail.bfm.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:05:32 -0600 To: Mark Ovens From: "G. Adam Stanislav" Subject: Re: broken pipe Cc: "Jasper O'Malley" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <368ADD95.3E229D7E@uk.radan.com> References: <3.0.6.32.19981229143320.00893360@mail.bfm.org> <3.0.6.32.19981229154056.00798740@mail.bfm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 02:12 31-12-1998 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: >Hmmm. Take a Win95 PC with ~15MB free space and _without_ QuickTime v3 >installed, then install IBM World Book 99. It'll install, then decide it >needs to install QT v3 and then bomb out (& lock up) 'coz you ain't got >enough disk space. The only way out is a 3 finger salute which leaves a >partially installed World Book and all the QT install files in your temp >dir. Ouch! I guess I was lucky. I can honestly tell that the programs I have installed did check for the available space. >Windows 95 fool-proof computing...NOT. At least with Unix you have >control. Oh, I agree. I am not trying to praise Windows (if I were I would not be trying so hard to get my FreeBSD up and running!). I just have to admit that even they occasionally do have a good idea. Alas, that is quite rare. I *am* fed up with Windows. But I like to be objective. If they occasionally come up with a good idea, I will not deny it. At least in THEORY, they are pushing for making computers usable by anyone. They probably have ulterior motives (if everyone can use it, everyone will buy it from them), but I do like the IDEA. I certainly do not like the way they implement the idea, though, but that's an entirely another can of worms. Adam ===> Whiz Kid Technomagic <=== http://www.whizkidtech.net/ The resource center for webmasters and web users Winner of the Starting Point Hot Site award Winner of the Lighthouse Award Home of the Web Magic Award To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message