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From: robert@texas.esd.sgi.com (Robert Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: noport() vs. ginit()
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Date: 23 Mar 90 18:07:58 GMT
References: <1990Mar22.142346.7801@sgzh.uucp>
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In article <1990Mar22.142346.7801@sgzh.uucp>, root@sgzh.uucp (Bruno
Pape) writes:
> 
> Old habits like ginit() never go away, unless they quit working.
					 	     ^^^^ ^^^^^^^
and you know what many customers say when something stops working:

	"HEY, YOU BROKE IT!"

"But that old ginit() doesn't really apply anymore."
	
	"IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE!"

"But if you use this whizzy new thing it works much better and you
get all these new features."

	"YOU BROKE IT!"


... such is life

Robert Skinner
robert@sgi.com

	"Congress is not the sole suppository of wisdom."

			Rep. Bill Schuette (R-MI)