Re: Getting the status of a Portmaster (fwd)
MIX System Operator (sysop@mixcom.com)
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 04:49:48 -0500
At 08:11 PM 6/9/96 -0700, MegaZone wrote:
>We delieverately resist the featuritis trend, there are many, many bells and
>whistles that would be 'nice to have'. But every new bell and whistle adds
>to code bloat. And as any programmer will tell you, the more lines of code
>
>We have a different philosophy towards the PM and the code base - we use KISS.
>At the other end you can look at Cisco and the IOS for an example of what
>happens to code when you want to make it do *everything*. I'm waiting for
>native emacs in IOS...
Awwww... but the bells make all the people dogging you salivate and the
whistles bring 'em runnin'. 8^)
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Jeff Mountin
sysop@mixcom.com
MIX Communications
Serving the Internet since 1990
Sure my business card says "Senior Network Administrator"
They still make me do just about anything.