On 8/23/06, Jon R H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Spruell, Darren-Perot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <misc@openbsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:47 PM Subject: Re: Looking for general info on OpenBSD > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Man pages drives me nuts some times! >> its the formating of them that gets me! >> but i will use them with a open mind. > > That's something you'll have to get over - UNIX without the manual pages = 1 > dumb admin. > >> Just seems kinds wild one of the best OS's >> in the world has no printed Manual, ya know ? > > Print a manual for what purpose? The development in OpenBSD is far too rapid > to keep a printed manual current for more than... well... weeks to months? > New releases bring lots of new functionality and improvement to the system. > > Stuff that remains static is already documented elsewhere, Design of the 4.4 > BSD blah blah and so on. Printed manuals just really have short useful > lifetimes. man pages are searchable, printable, HTMLizable, etc. > > DS
One thing that keeps donaters from giving away there money are people who are rude in public forums! The next thing would be a lack of printed manuals for a good read by donaters! Put your thinking cap on before you post next time please! you could be costing openBSD a pile of free money! But what do i know ? I am just some dude in a public forum!
Gah, this has been beaten to *death* before. The OpenBSD people choose truth over happiness. Theo started the entire project specifically because he was kicked out for being rude (but correct) to people while with NetBSD. Truth over happiness is what will save the human race from itself. We need more Theos. OpenBSD is derrided for being mean, but even it's enemies (mostly) don't deny that it is the best. As for money, yes, the project is always in need of money, but they are pretty organized about it and they have us intellectual cultists to support them, and, hopefully, promote them to rich companies where some of us work. And dammit don't top post. You're using outlook aren't you? God, fuck outlook. Fuck outlook and it's shitty non-standard "look let's pretend the reply button is the forward button" design. And then that forces you into top posting because otherwise it looks like the way the message looks now. Have a nice day, -Nick
