grad school / openbsd / editors

[Ben Pfaff]

Mark Szidik <szidikm@mlc.lib.mi.us> writes:

> On 12 Mar 2001, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> 
> > So I went to the University of Michigan last Saturday to check
> > out their computer science PhD program.  It turned out to be very
> > cool, very exciting.  (More on this in my kuro5hin diary if you
> > care.)
> 
> Does this mean that Stanford is out?

I haven't been to Stanford yet.  I'm going this weekend.  I'm not
going to make a decision until afterward, obviously.

> > There's one group out there that I'm hoping to work for if I
> > decide to go to U-M.  They do very cool hacking and research on
> > Linux--but their primary platform is OpenBSD.
> 
> I have always been interested in OpenBSD, but have never had the
> time/energy to install it.  Would you consider a short discussion at a
> GLLUG meeting about the obvious differences between OpenBSD and a Linux
> distro?

Um, sure.  If I get deep enough into it between now and then.
Although a real *BSD afficionado (Ed?) might be a better choice.
I'm sure the differences between OpenBSD and FreeBSD are smalelr
than those between Linux and OpenBSd.

When *is* the next meeting, anyhow?  The webpage says the last
meeting was February 4, and we're already in mid-March.

> I know what you mean by it being painful to learn a new editor.  I once
> tried to learn Emacs.  :-)

Yeah, me too.  Only I stuck with it.
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