On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 07:14:26AM +0100, Leif Neland wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > > until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty.  It's the anti-POLA!  ;)

> > That's "POMA" :)

> Could somebody tell me the meaning of those acronyms?

POLA -> Policy? Of Least Astonishment
POMA ->    "    "  Most     "        (seems jkh just made this one up :-)

anyway, the intent should be clear now.

-- 
Zach Heilig <z...@uffdaonline.net> / Zach Heilig <z...@gaffaneys.com>
"Americans are sensitive about their money, and since this was the first major
change in the greenback in nearly 70 years, a radical redesign might have been
too much for consumers to comprehend" -- John Iddings [COINage, Feb. 1999].

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