Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:17:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:17:16 -0500 Received: from vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca ([136.159.55.21]:57531 "EHLO vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:15:44 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:15:27 -0700 Message-Id: <200201142315.g0ENFRP00696@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> From: Richard Gooch To: esr@thyrsus.com Cc: Richard Gooch , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Penelope builds a kernel In-Reply-To: <20020114174523.E23081@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: <20020114165909.A20808@thyrsus.com> <200201142244.g0EMimd32377@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> <20020114174523.E23081@thyrsus.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Eric S. Raymond writes: > Richard Gooch : > > You know, I'm not really interested in whether Melvin or Penelope get > > a root or not, and it's never occurred to me that kernel design should > > be based on that. > > The phrase "get a root" is entertainingly ambiguous in this context, > is it not? Not to an Australian. It's quite unambiguous :-> Regards, Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/