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    SubjectRe: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman
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    Followup to:  <19990404155740.A4657@hazel.buici.com>
    By author: Oscar Levi <elf@buici.com>
    In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
    >
    > Just did. A ok.
    >
    > %^)
    >
    > Who's to say what's in a binary executable? The overhead of
    > implementing a usage message is negligible. In fact, the only excuse
    > for *not* putting them into small binaries is...code size?
    > nope...complexity? nope...efficiency? nope...laziness? Bingo.
    >
    > Think again Mr T.
    >

    It's BROKEN -- it breaks the semantics of true(1) and false(1), which
    among other things is that they ignore any arguments. Hence it is a
    BUG.

    -hpa
    --
    "The user's computer downloads the ActiveX code and simulates a 'Blue
    Screen' crash, a generally benign event most users are familiar with
    and that would not necessarily arouse suspicions."
    -- Security exploit description on http://www.zks.net/p3/how.asp

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