Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:29:18 -0600 | From | yodaiken@fsmlabs ... | Subject | Re: Updated 2.4 TODO List -- new addition WAS(test9 PCI |
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:21:06PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: > also moves forward a lot faster than glibc, and grows a lot. A bug in glibc > means an application goes down or screws up, a bug in the kernel can mean > masive data loss in no time at all.
Foolhardy as it may be, people do _use_ the operating system to run important applications and an "application goes down or screws up" can be quite serious.
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