Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 9 Nov 2000 08:30:02 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI) |
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On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote:
> 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
<shrug> RMS had repeatedly demonstrated what he's worth as a designer and programmer. Way below zero. You may like or dislike his ideology, but when it comes to technical stuff... Not funny.
> 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
You mean, bloated tasteless parody on UNIX? Thanks, but no thanks.
> superior because it is licensed under the GPL, and is free; whereas > Solaris would not be.
Small solace it would 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?
Use search engine. On google "See Figure 1" brings the thing in the first 5 hits.
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