[MLB-WIRELESS] Who Gives a S**T About Which OS?????

[Random]

Sorry this has to be said:

3 messages about Pros of particular OS for wireless routers.
6 messages about why those particular Os's suck.
6 messages completely off tangent about something else altogether..
And finnally;
6 messages complaining about the other 15 messages.

Heh, gotta love mailing lists. =)

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Martin Laukkanen (martinl at infocom.com.au)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nath [mailto:nathp at optushome.com.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2002 8:07 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Who Gives a S**T About Which OS?????
> 
> 
> good to see some focus on the list somewhere.. pity everyone 
> else cant focus.. get over it peoples...
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grant McHerron" <grant at taoceti.com.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 11:15 PM
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Who Gives a S**T About Which OS?????
> 
> 
> >
> > Oh come on you lot - I didn't join this bloody mailing list 
> for YAOSBW
> (Yet
> > Another Operating System Bigot War) - that's what I read 
> Slashdot for 
> > :)
> >
> > Whether I use Unix, *BSD, Linux (in whatever flavour), Mac, 
> Windoze, 
> > Palm or an abacus should be immaterial unless you're giving me 
> > concrete information that will help me avoid/resolve issues 
> associated 
> > with setting up/running a wireless cloud (and no, telling 
> me to wipe 
> > my machine and start again with a "real" O/S does not go 
> down well at 
> > all, I can assure
> you :)
> >
> > I've been going through the whole damned "My OS makes my 
> dick bigger 
> > than yours!" bullshit longer than I care to remember and it doesn't 
> > help any of us get through our day's work.
> >
> > For what it's worth - I've made stacks of $$$ from fixing 
> defects in 
> > ALL
> of
> > the operating systems I've ever had the joy of encountering because 
> > they are all INHERENTLY BROKEN!!!! I've yet to encounter a system 
> > that's perfect, best for me, intuitive, etc etc etc (the 
> list includes 
> > Mac, Windoze, *nix, OS/2, etc) I use whichever one suits the 
> > client/purpose/budget/is_nearest_to_me and then do what I can to 
> > prevent the (l)users from buggering it up :)
> >
> > So, the upshot is that tongue in cheek, humourous, whatever 
> - I don't 
> > give a flying F***K which one you love, use or tug-off to 
> while in bed 
> > at night (so long as it can display net-pr0n, it's OK, 
> right? :) I do 
> > care about
> how
> > to plug security holes, configure cards/routers and mesh clouds...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Grant
> >
> > PS  Sorry, just annoyed at having to wade through all this crap to 
> > find a couple of interesting emails PLUS find the 
> > non-MelbourneWireless ones that are important for me to 
> address ASAP - 
> > keep this up and MelbourneWireless emails will get consigned to the 
> > "I'll read it one day" bucket...
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > Grant McHerron
> > Tao Ceti Pty Ltd
> >
> > Level 1, 530 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
> > Ph: +61 3 9909 7067             Fax: +61 3 9228 3257
> > http://www.taoceti.com.au       grant at taoceti.com.au
> >
> >
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