Messages in this thread |  | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Boot messages (Was: Re: Ideas for v2.1) | Date | 28 Jun 1996 22:11:42 GMT |
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In article <199606191838.OAA01287@snowdon.ccs.neu.edu>, Albert Cahalan <albert@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > >Yes, you missed the point. The point is that some people do not want >to see the boot messages. By the time init is spawned the kernel has >already spewed out several pages of cryptic stuff and you might as >well start X. >
Being credited, however briefly, in the bootup phase of millions of computers is also a motivating factor for Linux developers. I think it isn't more than fair that they get their credit.
-hpa
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