Re: The Masses Have Spoken on the Boot Logo Topic :)
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
17 May 1998 16:36:33 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.Pine.SUN.3.96.980516005104.21427D-100000@amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu>,
C. Scott Ananian <cananian@lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
>On Fri, 15 May 1998 Phil <kernel@eiterra.nls.net> wrote:
>
>> That's a total of 63% (+/-1%) that are FOR a boot logo. The majority want
>> it by default, but it's a narrow margin. Only 9% don't want it, and 27%
>> don't care either way.
>>
>> Now, IIRC, Linux is an OS by the masses, for the masses.
>
>Who said that?
>
>> I think the masses have spoken. ;)
>
>I don't think there's been any real argument on this point: an optional
>boot logo. But no one's gotten off their duff and written the @#$@ thing
>yet.
Someone has written 90% of it. The gory details for the message
are:
From: "Christophe M. Vallat" <vallat@essi.fr>
Message-ID: <linux.kernel.199804291450.OAA18006@thulium.essi.fr>
Subject: Suggestion for 2.2 ...
And a copy of the patch can be found at
http://www.pell.chi.il.us/~orc/Code/A.linux.logo
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