Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:37:25 -0400 (EDT) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: Availability of kdb |
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 lamont@icopyright.com wrote:
> If you'd read what I wrote in it's entirety, you'd know that I'm very well > aware of this perspective.
I read it. I just didn't agree with the level of importance I felt you were assigning to corporate use.
> I don't need to have the volumes of idiocy > which come out of some management pointed out to me.
Good.
> At the same time my > entire point was that I think there's some valid business concerns that > they have /after/ removing all the crap, and that I wouldn't be surprised > if the market went against linux and in favor of other operating systems > that addressed them.
They should use what is best for them.
> And if you think I don't understand what Linux wrote you are very wrong.
I think it's obvious you understand what Linus wrote. I think you misunderstand the design focus of the Linux kernel.
> Perhaps to put a better spin on things what I should state is that I > understand what Linus is trying to do, and I'm merely pointing out that > he's really not filling the gap of supplying an IT-friendly open source > OS.
I don't believe he ever stated that he wanted to do that.
> He's providing an OS for developers. Cool. Fine. No worries. But
It would be more accurately to say that he's creating a GPLed Unix compatible kernel which utilizes the best (in his unhumble opinion) available technologies while remaining reasonably compatible. The strongest development direction appears to be towards long-term sustainability and stability (vs short term) and a focus on features that are usable today (vs experimental stuff).
> that does leave a void, in my opinion. Perhaps disributions adding > patches to the kernel will fill this void, but I tend to think it wont > scale in the end. We'll either see forking, see another OS like FreeBSD > fill the void, or (worst case) Solaris.
None of those are necessarily bad things.
I think Linuses design decisions will pay off in the long run. When the race has no ending line, who cares if you have a slower start.
> I don't know why this viewpoint creates such hostile responses from some > people. I'm pointing out that Linux is not everything for everyone. > Heresy.
I certainly hope you didn't see my response as hostile. It certainly wasn't intended to be that way.
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