Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:17:43 -0800 (PST) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: Linux/Pro [was Re: Coding style - a non-issue] |
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 05:13:38PM -0800, Davide Libenzi wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Larry McVoy wrote: > > Wait a minute. > > Wasn't it you that were screaming against Sun, leaving their team because > > their SMP decisions about scaling sucked, because their OS was bloated > > like hell with sync spinlocks, saying that they tried to make it scale but > > they failed miserably ? > > Yup, that's me, guilty on all charges. > > > What is changed now to make Solaris, a fairly vanishing OS, to be the > > reference OS/devmodel for every kernel developer ? > > It's not. I never said that we should solve the same problems the same > way that Sun did, go back and read the posting.
This is your quote Larry :
<> If you want to try and make Linux people work like Sun people, I think that's going to be tough. First of all, Sun has a pretty small kernel group, they work closely with each other, and they are full time, highly paid, professionals working with a culture that is intolerant of anything but the best. It's a cool place to be, to learn, but I think it is virtually impossible to replicate in a distributed team, with way more people, who are not paid the same or working in the same way. <>
So, if these guys are smart, work hard and are professionals, why did they take bad design decisions ? Why didn't they implemented different solutions like, let's say "multiple independent OSs running on clusters of 4 CPUs" ? What we really have to like about Sun ? Me personally, if I've to choose, I'll take the logo.
- Davide
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