Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 09 Nov 2000 08:02:27 -0500 | From | Michael Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI) |
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Alexander Viro wrote: > > On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote: > > > Same as before -- freedom and low cost. The primary advantae of Linux > > over other OSes is the GPL. > > Now, that's more than slightly insulting...
Well, it wasn't meant to be. I imagine RMS would make the same type of statement -- Linux is libre, therefore superior. There's a number of OSes that have advantages of Linux in some area; Solaris can use more processors; QNX is real-time, smaller and still posix; Windows has better application support (i.e., more of them); MacOS has better color and font management. But, Linux is free. Let's say for a moment that Linux was exactly the same as Solaris, technically. Linux would be superior because it is licensed under the GPL, and is free; whereas Solaris would not be.
> The problem with the hooks et.al. is very simple - they promote every > bloody implementation detail to exposed API. Sorry, but... See Figure 1. > It won't fly.
Figure 1?
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