Rant......

[Tony Alfrey]

On Wednesday 18 September 2002 11:52 pm,James McDonald wrote:
> > What? HERD...?
>
> Wasn't the herd kernel a response of Richard Stallman to his
> disappointment at not getting the appropriate recognition for all the
> gnu utilities that have been pivotal in Linux becoming what it is
> today? Or so I read somewhere in Linux Format or Linux Journal.

What I had read from one of the old-timers was that HURD predated Linux 
but would never compile.

>
> Oh and why the heck are Linux magazines soooo expensive? I pay
> $18-$20AUD each for them. What does eveyone else have to shell out or
> do y'all not buy them?

The extra cost is to cover the additional insurance required when 
shipping to Oz because of the high incidence of kangaroos eating them 
off the newsracks.

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Tony Alfrey
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