From: dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com (David E. Wexelblat) Subject: Re: .openwin-init doesn't work Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 03:32:42 GMT
In article <1993Sep17.175648.19475@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> pratt@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Vaughan R. Pratt) writes:
> "XFreeB: twice the performance, only requires one extra meg
> of RAM instead of four, installs as smoothly as basic Linux."
> "Wow, where do I get it?"
> "You don't, it's just a nice fantasy."
To which my response is a plain and simple "Eat shit and die."
XFree86 is worth what you paid for it. When you start coughing up some
money, then, and only then, do you have any right to bitch. Don't take
our work and heap ridicule on us because it doesn't meet your standards.
If you don't like it, do something about it.
Anyone wanna guess how much of my time and money is spent on doing XFree86
things that are of absolutely no use to me personally? I've spent at
least a couple thousand dollars on equipment, software, databooks, etc.
I spend 30-50 hours a week, on top of my job, on XFree86. Most of it
fixing other people's problems, documenting things I already know how
to do, and worrying about configurations I will never see.
On top of this, I'm in the process of changing jobs, moving, AND trying
to keep XFree86 2.0 on track so it actually ships.
I DON'T need this bullshit.
> --
> Vaughan Pratt
> (FTPables: boole.stanford.edu:/pub/ABSTRACTS.)
Yes, I know, there are a lot considerate people who are grateful for
what we do. But this kind of bullshit on top of all the other stress
this project has put me under is NOT something I need to deal with.