Nethack 3.4.3 [PSARC/2008/172 FastTrack timeout 03/11/2008]

[Alan Coopersmith]

Danek Duvall wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 12:51:23PM -1000, Joseph Kowalski wrote:
> 
>> I'm really surprised at this.  We (Solaris) often get accused of NIH
>> attitudes.  In most cases, we can deflect that accusation because of
>> pre-existing conventions.  Here we have a chance to not only be
>> compatible with Linux, but even SunOS4.1.  (Of course, the root of all of
>> this is ucb.)
> 
> What's the *point* of /usr/games?  

So you can find the games quickly, without having to guess what in
/usr/bin would be fun to run.  (nethack really sounds more like a
network intrusion or debugging tool than a game if you don't already
know it.)

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering