Hi Fig,
My advice, don't get into a pissing contest with Rick Moen: You'll
lose. I know, I've lost many times. Rick and I are actually good
friends, but when we disagree, we get in a pissing contest, and I'm
always the guy ending up dripping wet.
If he writes sarcastic stuff to you, just let it alone. He won't keep
pursuing the point. He takes his shot and moves on to other things,
unless the other guy responds.
If you look back in the DNG archives, you can see part of Rick's and my
many week, 3 mailing list pissing contest about the acceptability of
Debian Jessie's sysvinit support.
Have fun.
Steve
Steve Litt
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http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21