Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 17 Jul 1996 08:09:18 -0500 | From | "Andrew C. Esh" <> | Subject | Re: 2 thoughts. . . |
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>>>>> "root" == root <root@qtpi.lakewood.ca.us> writes:
root> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 18:01:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron root> Tiensivu <tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu> Sender: root> owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Reply-to: root> tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM root> [version 2.4 PL25] Content-type: text/plain; root> charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Precedence: root> bulk X-UIDL: 837493192.000
root> Does anyone else think it is in bad taste to have the root> kernel printing:
root> printk("ufs_read_super: root> fucking Sun blows me\n"); ?
root> I think we could live without that one. :)
root> Not bad taste. Asinine!
For reading the java-linux mail list, I am aware of some rumors that some Sun employees are of the opinion that Linux is a very insecure operating system, and that it should not be taken seriously. They call it a "Hacker's OS". I understand that this might be company pride, but it supports them in their attitude toward Java-Linux developers: No supported version of the JDK, unless we port it ourselves. Now that we have it ported, they won't let us distribute the port on CD, due to licensing agreements we all had to sign in order to get the source code. That same agreement is also an NDA, which means that everyone who participated in the Java-Linux porting program is now not legally allowed to develop a competing system.
Now, all of this is hear-say, and my only source is what has been said on the net. What we need to understand, however, is that we cannot improve our relationship with Sun in particular, and other hardware developers in general, if we employ error messages like the one above.
If we worked toward building a better relationship with Sun, we might enjoy more benefits such as those we receive from Digital: Hardware, and engineers willing to help us port Linux to their platform. The only two things standing in the way of that is our current lamentable relationship, and Solaris.
-- Andrew C. Esh mailto:andrew_esh@cnt.com http://www.mtn.org/~andrewes - ACE Home Page
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