Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) | Date | Tue, 04 May 1999 13:18:19 -0600 | From | Larry McVoy <> |
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You guys should listen to Ken. He is a wise man. Linux is a great little OS and is probably the world's greatest software development environment. On the other hand, there are a bunch of places where it leaves a lot to be desired. Using an off the shelf Linux for a firewall vs. using an off the shelf Solaris as a firewall is an interesting comparison. Using Linux when you really need 64 bits to work is also an interesting problem. I've been through 3 startups which are all Linux based and there was many a time that I was ready to call Sun (I never did, but it was, and continues to be, quite painful).
There is a huge difference between using Linux as a build machine and using it to run 100% of your company. It's getting better every day, but Ken is absolutely correct in stating that it has a long way to go. I don't think that any of us would suggest that our banks place their databases on Linux today (and those of you who would, please suggest it to *your* bank, not mine).
That doesn't say anything negative about Linux, by the way. It just says we still have work to do. Which is true.
: alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk writes: : : > On Tue, 4 May 1999, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: : > : > > Ken Thompson is interviewed in this month's _IEEE Computer_ magazine : > > on UNIX and developments. At one point during the interview, Computer : > > asks him what he thinks of Linux. Here's his response (any typos are : > > mine, and I show italics via <em> and </em>): : > : > Oh haha... I can't believe this guy. Hahaha what a joke this guy is. : : He knows what he's talking about in most areas; he certainly isn't a : `joke'. : : He wrote Unix, for goodness' sake! : : > Unreliable and Linux in the same sentence? : : That is odd. Possibly he had bad luck with hardware, or something : similar... : : -- : /* I hate C so much... */ --- jwz, in driver/xscreensaver.c : : - : To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in : the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu : Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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