On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 06:48:49PM -0700, Jack Pryne wrote: :Sounds like you have some valuable insight into the task at hand! But :consider the fact that this system I propose would not be trying to cram :infinite permutations on a disk. Instead, it would create a communal :reference library, holding information on the configurations of many systems :all over the world.
Well I didn't cram it all onto a disk, the disk boots up and the real working pieces are mounted over NFS... I say your proposal is much more difficult. I'm working in a comparitively well defined environemnt and most of the "important" (to me that is) stuff doesn't change. How do you determine who's system is a good model and who's is just a bad idea (after you've matched hardware etc..)? :What would be distributed is analagous to a free :membership card which entitles the bearer to free advice, maintainence, :and/or tech support. Except for maintainence, you're reading the best tech support I've ever gotten, bar none. Most stuff gets atleast some response within an hour, 27x7. I pay through the nose to get 4h support tht's usually not as good :) I really can't say enough about the quality of this mailing list! :After all, if you were a confused newbie, wouldn't you :want the shoemaker elves to come and fix your computer while you slept? ;) I'm with the goblin guy :) aside from my "do it yourself" ways, the security implications of this are scary. Not to say absolutly insolvable, but far from trivial. -Jon
