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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:28:37 +0100
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
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Subject: Re: Bootscreen
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Previously John Bradford wrote:
> Surely the most sensible lines to think along are:
> 
> * Make boot times as short as possible

So with a short boot time instead of seeing text messages for a while
you'll get some flickering on the screen - I don't call that an
improvement.

> * Support, and encourage the use of more efficient CPU designs, so
>   that it becomes sensible to leave machines on all the time.

Unfortunately in the real world we are dealing with existing cheap
hardware.

Wichert.

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