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RE: problem with libgnomeprint22 setup.hint


> From:  Brian Dessent
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> > You really should make it a little longer though, add some 
> irrelevant 
> > personal details about how hard you found qmail, invent something 
> > about something that postfix does but qmail doesn't, and maybe even 
> > share some postfix configuration files that you are 
> especially proud of.
> 
> Oh, that well never runs dry.  When you include the DJB 
> factor into any otherwise tame technical discussion, the 
> result is almost always a long and drawn out thread that 
> spans all sorts of topics, from licensing issues to secure 
> programming practices to personal flames.  Sometimes you can 
> even devolve into debating completely unrelated topics, like 
> sendmail bugs from the 80s, the design of Unix, how Paul 
> Vixie and ISC are evil, and so on.  Pure gold.
> 
> Brian

What's a "Paul Vixie"?  Was he the guy that invented the Vixie tube, the
vacuum-tube predecessor to 7-segment vacuum-flourescent displays?

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle
Hehhehehe, "Vixie tube"!  I am HI-LARIOUS!


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