[Gllug] Name server software?

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Wed Jan 5 22:46:00 UTC 2005


On Tue, 04 Jan 2005, Matthew King mused:
> Curious as to why people have such issues with djbdns (I use bind9), I
> thought I'd check out it's website, and I have to say I've never seen as
> big an ego on just one website.
> 
> I did try and find something out about the actual software, but the ego
> kept getting in the way.

Yep, that's DJB all right. He's notable for an attitude of `{tiny part
of X} is not ideal, hence we have to reinvent {X} and {rewrite the
world}'. It makes more sense in pure mathematics than down here at the
computing coalface, I think.

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 Only now, at the end of all things do we see
 The lamp-bearer dies; only the lamp burns on.'
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