From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 22:21:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 22:21:14 -0400 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:20485 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 22:20:59 -0400 Subject: Re: Not a typewriter To: Wayne.Brown@altec.com Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 10:37:08 +0100 (BST) Cc: hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <86256A48.007EF161.00@smtpnotes.altec.com> from "Wayne.Brown@altec.com" at May 10, 2001 06:06:56 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I disagree. "Not a typewriter" is part of Unix tradition, and ought to be > retained as a historical reference. It's also an opportunity for "the > uninitiated" to learn a little more and move a little closer to becoming "the > initiated." Thats fine. Keep it for the 'Install seriously weird prehistoric stuff' option that most users really don't want Alan [who hacked on a GCOS3 box, used DDT on a DEC10 and VTECO and quite frankly thinks Gnome and KDE are probably the future not them]