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Date:      Wed, 22 Apr 1998 10:54:22 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
Cc:        Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why is xtend in the base system? 
Message-ID:  <199804220124.KAA07682@cain.gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "21 Apr 1998 16:33:00 %2B0200." <xzpemyrgs83.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> 

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> > Why can't this be done as an lkm that is installed from a port/package?
> Why don't we throw out the screensavers, too? And all of /usr/games,
> /usr/share/misc, /sys/i386/isa/sound, /sys/i386/isa/snd...
Because the screen savers anyone can use, and most people have sound cards in 
their machines.. The number of people with X-10 systems is pretty small AFAIK..
Well, it is in Australia anyway :)

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|http://www.gsoft.com.au                                            |
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