From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA07666; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:00:30 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id KAA19999 for linux-list; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:00:10 -0700 Received: from morgaine.engr.sgi.com (morgaine.engr.sgi.com [130.62.16.64]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA19917 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:00:06 -0700 Received: (from offer@localhost) by morgaine.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id JAA21873 for linux@cthulhu; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:59:35 -0700 From: offer@sgi.com (richard offer) Message-Id: <9706200959.ZM21839@sgi.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:59:34 -0700 In-Reply-To: lm@neteng (Larry McVoy) "Re: Getting X on Linux/SGI" (Jun 20, 9:40am) References: <199706201640.JAA06720@neteng.engr.sgi.com> X-Signature: Automatically generated by Richards Own Mail Signer (roms) X-Home-Page: http://reality.sgi.com/offer X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Getting X on Linux/SGI Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk * $ from lm@neteng at "20-Jun: 9:40am" | sed "1,$s/^/* /" * * * : Personally, I wouldn't buy an O2 to run Linux. * * OK, we won't try and sell you one. What about the people that would buy * an O2 to run Linux? * * You != . * This is once again turning into an advocacy war. We all at some point want to see the same thing, Linux on SGI. Some people are raging Linux advocates that think its the best thing since sliced bread and that all other OSs are inherently a Bad Thing[TM], others think it would just be neat/interesting thing to do. Others may even think that it could possible damage our competative advantage if we make too much of our hardware details public. Unfortunetly, the people that maybe able to help us often fall into the last category. If you want a favour from someone you don't start my telling them that what they've worked on for the last x years is dead and your way is the future. richard---pragmatist. _________________________________________________________________________ A Guest Signature by Michael Berube "Yes, we plot no less than the destruction of the West. Just the other day a friend and I came up with the most pernicious academic scheme to date for toppling the West: He will kneel behind the West on all fours. I will push it backwards over him."