Re: debian first in slashdot poll
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Steve Willer wrote:
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: On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Steve Lamb wrote:
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: > Did I say it was an MS hack? No. I said it was *A* hack and, in my
: > experience, only used within a Microsoft environment. If I had meant to say
: > it was an MS hack I would have said, "unless people really want to work with
: > that MS hack."
:
: Okay, this is getting off topic, but heck...
:
: I'm curious why you would think DHCP is a hack (MS or not). Is it the
: details of the protocol, or you don't like the concept of non-static IPs?
: If it's the former, is there a better way than DHCP?
Anyone who's read the RFCs knows that DHCP is MORE useful in a non-MS
environment - the MS DHCP client doesn't implement much of the protocol
at all.
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