From: Joe . [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> are used to dealing with complex or unoptimized piles of crap. Part of
> encouraging people to switch should at the very least be communicating
> that there are no hidden options or that straightaway things are going
> to work as best as possible.
I think, quite the opposite, that it's fine the way it is. It's not
openbsd's fault that people fall prey to the stupid knob-tuning game and
quite dumbly follow that line of thought. I think instead that the other
OSes should be responsible for slapping a disclaimer on their {box, web
page} saying something like "This operating system, contrary to rational
thinking, is not optimized for the most reasonable performance under the
most common use cases. Instead of being functional out-of-the box, you are
expected to re-compile critical portions of the system in order to get them
to work to your specifications. If you don't find this behavior intuitive,
feel free to use a more rational, completely functional operating system
instead."
DS
