From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Nov 8 09:00:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA22223 for stable-outgoing; Fri, 8 Nov 1996 09:00:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from neworder.cc.uky.edu (neworder.cc.uky.edu [128.163.18.198]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA22215 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 1996 09:00:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from soward@localhost) by neworder.cc.uky.edu (8.7/Soward0.1) id MAA25192 for stable@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 8 Nov 1996 12:00:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611081700.MAA25192@neworder.cc.uky.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 4.0 v141) Content-Type: text/plain Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.141) From: John Soward Date: Fri, 8 Nov 96 12:00:27 -0500 To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The curtain is going down on 2.1-stable in 5 days! Reply-To: soward@service1.uky.edu References: <10472.847447745@time.cdrom.com> <199611081600.KAA17338@night.primate.wisc.edu> Organization: University of Kentucky Technical Services X-URL: "http://neworder.cc.uky.edu/" Sender: owner-stable@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Note that I'm not complaining here (even though I have an IDE CD that > the install has problems with). I'm simply commenting on what seems to > be a contradictory goals: developer's paradise vs. user's system. I > hope the point is clear enough and that no flame war will ensue. > And even though this isn't a commercial endeavor, every 'Delveloper's paradise' system I've had the pleasure to witness has floundered and died, becasue developers need to develop for more that just other developers (e.g. NeXTSTEP ;-) --- John Soward JpS Systems Programmer 'The Midnight sun will burn you up.' University of Kentucky (NeXT and MIME mail OK) -R. Smith