[nycbug-talk] review of "state of demon address"

Scott Robbins scottro
Tue Oct 19 20:15:40 EDT 2004


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On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 07:35:37PM -0400, G. Rosamond wrote:
> if i get some positive comments here, i will submit to the nycbug site. 
>  There's nothing wrong with us putting up pieces like this in our 
> library section, IMHO.
> 
> yes, i write compulsively and i did not even reread this.
> 
> *	*	*	*
> 
> I hold the frustration many others have with the recent 
> osOpinion/osViews article that recently ran titled "The State of Demon 
> (sic) Address" by Paul Webb.  What "demon" he refers to is a mystery: 
> he must be referring to the "daemon" logo of the BSDs and more 
> generally with the "daemon" of processes on a UNIX box.


George while I like many of your points, my impression is that by
reacting so angrily, we almost make ourselves look bad.  For instance,
the Demon could have easily been a typo--if the gentleman is familiar
with Linux, he probably knows that.  

This is just my impression and my impression only.  Perhaps it comes
with getting old.  :-(

~I~ think that a calmer article, making many of the same points, would
be a better way to go.  

Yet, this may simply be because I'm old and feeble.  


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