From: jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey) Subject: Re: bsd386 vs linux Date: 25 Sep 1992 05:24:38 GMT
>>>>> On Wed, 23 Sep 1992 00:47:29 GMT, Peter MacDonald
>>>>> <pmacdona@tadpole.bcsc.gov.bc.ca> said:
Peter> To my mind, Linux has only one real advantage over BSD386 (and
Peter> even that will be short lived indeed). Shared libraries.
Gee, this strikes me as odd coming from someone who appears to have
contributed a lot of time to Linux and has made a three year commitment
to provide sources. I guess I don't understand. Why did you go to
all that trouble? Just for shared libraries?
Peter> When those come to BSD386, I believe people will be much less
Peter> apt to call it names.
In spite of another message, I believe you are referring to 386BSD here.
Who was calling it names? The originator of this abhorrent thread
made a simple "my experience is" performance observation. Everything
since has been character assasination, not product assasination.
Peter> On the other hand, BSD386 has the advantage of being more
Peter> centrally administered, so it can attain a higher state of
Peter> consistency.
On what other hand? You just said the sole advantange of Linux was
destined to be short-lived. And isn't it true that your chosen niche
is ostensibly to invalidate the previous claim?
Peter> However, it is amazing how quickly people can escalate zeal
Peter> over Linux into semi-hostile exchanges.
I see over-zealousness for Linux only apparent in a single poster's
remarks. This does not qualify as "people" or "amazing" to me. The
way one zealot acts cannot tarnish the project. By contrast, the way
a leader acts can.