Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-21 Thread Stephen Harris
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 04:28:48PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > No, I didn't find either trn or C-News in the normal repos, but I didn't look > in too many third-party ones, either a good UUCP is still available, > though, in EPEL. Taylor UUCP is part of the base repo in RH5; has it been dropp

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > On 04/20/2012 05:19 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors and the >>> universities in that business?  I prefer 'open to the public', even >>> with the baggage it brings. > > Nope, I mean the

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Tilman Schmidt
On 04/20/2012 05:19 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors and the >> universities in that business? I prefer 'open to the public', even >> with the baggage it brings. Nope, I mean the early nineties, when the Internet was still young and largely sp

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Lamar Owen
On Friday, April 20, 2012 02:07:39 PM Al Sparks wrote: > > From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > > Usenet is, of course, still alive, though a lot of folks know it as google > > groups > My first usenet browser was "rn." Anybody know if 'trn' and C-News are in any CentOS 6 repos? I want to re-live

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Al Sparks
> From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > To: CentOS mailing list > Cc: > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:49 AM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project > > Bob Hoffman wrote: >> On 4/20/2012 11:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >>>

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt > wrote:         mark "why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor & Siegal, and the aftermath to them" >> >> Don't get me started. Ah, the good old pre-spam days! > > You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 04/20/2012 05:19 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors and the > universities in that business? I prefer 'open to the public', even > with the baggage it brings. lets not get carried away, and try to atleast keep conversations CentOS centric. I a

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >>>         mark "why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor & Siegal, and the aftermath >>> to them" > > Don't get me started. Ah, the good old pre-spam days! > You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors and the universities in that

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread m . roth
Bob Hoffman wrote: > On 4/20/2012 11:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> Am 20.04.2012 16:02, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: >> >>> mark "why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor& Siegal, and the >>> aftermath to them" >> Don't get me started. Ah, the good old pre-spam days! > I was not working for a comp

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Bob Hoffman
On 4/20/2012 11:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 20.04.2012 16:02, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: > >> mark "why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor& Siegal, and the aftermath >> to them" > Don't get me started. Ah, the good old pre-spam days! I was not working for a computer company, but I finally

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 20.04.2012 16:02, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: > Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: >>> Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died. >> >> IIRC that wasn't the same day. > > Usenet did not die that way. [...] That's what I was trying to say. >

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread m . roth
Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: >> On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: >>> >>> 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. >>> You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. >>> >> Oh, that fateful day when AOL jo

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Arif Hossain
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Larry Martell wrote: > I think this classic from 1996 (author unknown) needs to be resurrected. > > Welcome to the Internet. > > No one here likes you. This is not 1996. Internet is more than a thousands times more accessible to people. Back then people who built

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 04/20/2012 04:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. > You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died. >>> IIRC that wasn't the same day. >> Was

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Arif Hossain
>> Dear Johnny, > > Your past history clearly shows this is a case of the pot calling the > kettle black. > > You have unceremoniously told numerous users to take a flying leap if they > didn't like it your way. > > Please reveal to the "Centos Community" who penned this piece for you to > post. >

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Giles Coochey wrote: > On 20/04/2012 12:35, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> >> Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: >>> >>> On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fu

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Giles Coochey
On 20/04/2012 12:35, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. Oh, that fateful day when AOL

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: > On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: >> >> 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. >> You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. >> > Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died.

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Giles Coochey
On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died. ___ CentO

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:06 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 04/18/12 4:08 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> As I recall you weren't necessarily nice to anyone who suggested the >> process of building CentOS wasn't perfect.   But now that it is, I >> guess that doesn't matter. > > isn't that special. how p

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 04/19/2012 11:05 AM, Bob Hoffman wrote: > I think his post about the internet was a tongue in cheek quote about > how rough > and realistic responses can be on the net. Thats what I thought, but wanted to remove ambiguity. We have some super cool people in and around the project, I just feel

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Bob Hoffman
On 4/19/2012 5:40 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Hi Larry, > > On 04/19/2012 01:28 AM, Larry Martell wrote: >>> The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our >>> community interactive areas that we need to address. > ... >> I think this classic from 1996 (author unknown) needs to

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi Larry, On 04/19/2012 01:28 AM, Larry Martell wrote: >> The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our >> community interactive areas that we need to address. ... > I think this classic from 1996 (author unknown) needs to be resurrected. I dont quite get the point of that po

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Larry Martell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our > community interactive areas that we need to address. > > As most of you know, the project provides CentOS software free of charge > and we also provide community areas like

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/18/12 4:08 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > As I recall you weren't necessarily nice to anyone who suggested the > process of building CentOS wasn't perfect. But now that it is, I > guess that doesn't matter. isn't that special. how passive aggressive of you. -- john r pierce

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread R - elists
> > As I recall you weren't necessarily nice to anyone who suggested the > process of building CentOS wasn't perfect. But now that it is, I > guess that doesn't matter. > > -- >Les Mikesell please dont recall Les... let it go your memory is poor. - rh _

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > I am not necessarily nice to > people who want to get me to tell them how to create a competitor to > CentOS ... but I digress. As I recall you weren't necessarily nice to anyone who suggested the process of building CentOS wasn't perfect.

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 04/18/2012 02:25 PM, Antaryami Khuda wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our >> community interactive areas that we need to address. >> >> Dear Johnny, > Your past history clearly shows this is a case

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Antaryami Khuda wrote: > >> Dear Johnny, > > Your past history clearly shows this is a case of the pot calling the > kettle black. But, a very welcome change... CentOS is a project clearly capable of competing with the best commercial products and it is not at a

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Antaryami Khuda
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our > community interactive areas that we need to address. > > Dear Johnny, Your past history clearly shows this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. You have uncerem