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SubjectRe: proper place to discuss kernel 'bloatedness'?

The compile process is just to intensive for a server. If you had 30
people doing gcc it would kill almost any server. Adding code to
restrict things is not a good idea either..





---"Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Alexander Viro writes:
>
> > Server-side compiles... ;-/ Nah... gcc is waay too memory-thirsty
> > and several clients will suffocate any server. Unless you have a
> > spare Beowulf cluster to burn, that is.
>
> Perhaps a server could be supported by advertising.
>
> Another idea would be local area support. For example,
> an ISP or university could support their customers.
> In this case, abuse could be reduced by restricting
> the config options to hardware that was sold back
> in the 386 era. Maybe even add code to prevent booting
> on the 486 and above.
>
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