Re: Move banner to games

> In message <4CADC453.7010404_at_googlemail.com>, "army.of.root" writes:
> > On 10\10\02 18:48, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> > > On 10/2/10, Brandon Gooch<jamesbrandongooch_at_gmail.com>  wrote:
> > >> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Paul B Mahol<onemda_at_gmail.com>  wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> I see no point to have it in usr/bin.
> > >>
> > >> Cool! This is the first time I've heard of this program! How come the
> > >> folks at my university who manage the line printers have never let me
> > >> on to this?!
> > >>
> > >> Ahh -- wait a sec -- I'm beginning to see your point about the whole
> > >> "move it to games thing"...
> > >>
> > >> -Brandon aka "The Green Bar Bandit"
> > >>
> > >
> > > NetBSD and OpenBSD have this version in games and horizontal version
> > > of banner in usr/bin.
> > >
> > > I see no point to have this program(s) in base at all.
> > >
> > > I will just stop here.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > A horizontal version of banner could be nice for motd etc.
> > 
> > I like banner.
> > It makes me smile and think that FreeBSD is a cosy place to be.
> 
> It's been in the base for decades. People used it to print banners on 
> reports, before laser and  ink jet printers were around, when tractor feed 
> printers ruled. Banner was more than just a game. People used it for 
> production work. I suppose you could still use it for its intended purpose 
> today however with the graphical tools we have today it's a little archaic. 
> Having said that, it doesn't take up a lot of space and should probably 
> remain where it is.
> 
> BTW, I'm of the age where I did use it and tools like it (on the IBM 
> mainframe) for real work.

ah memories, I had the walls of my office covered with pi with some very long 
precision :-)

danny