From: news@cck.coventry.ac.uk (news user) Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box? Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 14:19:05 GMT
In article <1993Mar28.180748.9690@sol.UVic.CA> pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) writes:
>>>Lighten up a little, Charles. Got anything constructive to say?
>>
I think his comments were in response to a claim that efs has no bugs.
A says x = y
B says x != y
I don't see how that is criticism. It is claim and counter claim. Of
course both claims are wrong. I doubt if there is any software other
than the most trivial which is mistake free. However, my little experience
of the Linux file systems has been that they are remarkably reliable even
compared to commercial systems such as Ultrix and Dynix.
>Ricks message is just the opposite. He is not trying to bully
>you into "keeping quite" but rather to open up about why
>you think something is broken. These systems (networking and file
>systems) are big and complex.
>PHRASE TRANSLATION CATAGORY
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>"It is broken" Your work is sh*t Criticism
>"It is broken because ..." Your work is good, but here's Constructive-
> how it could be better Criticism
I don't agree with this translation anyway. It should be and I am sure it was
meant as:
>PHRASE TRANSLATION
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>"It is broken" It is broken and I don't know how to fix it
>"It is broken because ..." It is broken but I do know how it might be fixed
I don't see how it could be interpreted any other way.
What you are saying is that only those who know how to fix something need
comment. Everyone else can just keep quiet. I would call that bullying of
some kind.
Sorry to disagree but I think there are too many near flames on it for its
own good and too many replies of the form "Don't you know anything", "I'm sick
saying this" and so on. These sorts of replies just don't do anyone any good.