Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:30:55 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Availability of kdb |
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On 11 Sep 2000, Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:
> >>>>> "H" == Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl> writes: > > H> In the end, this is Linus' game. If you want to play, you'll > H> have to pay the admission price he sets. > > Is it fair to ask about the purpose of Linux? > > The purpose I most often hear talks about world domination and about > having the best O/S on the maximum number of platforms, with appeals > to "open source" to ensure quality control and technical progress. > That goal says nothing about the grain of the wood or the vanity of > the carpenter. It is all about being of service to a greater social > good. Maybe I misunderstood. > > The analogy to typing hex codes or toggling code at the console is > also apt. Unix ascended over Multix in no small part because of C, > which drew sneers from the trad programmer of the day. Personally, I
That's "Multics" and while I agree that C is nicer than PL/I, the latter is _not_ an assembler or autocode. Multics was written in HLL.
As for the "greater social good" (or world domination, for that matter) - excuse me, but quite a few of us couldn't care less. It's a decent UNIX, there is a lot of things making that kernel more interesting than other ones and it's fun to work on. FSF is -> that way, if you need the "social good" crap - take Hurd and enjoy the featuritis-ridden bloatware.
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