From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jul 28 5:52:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 071F337BF39 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 05:52:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13I9Lw-000AHx-00; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:35:00 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA59095; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:35:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:35:00 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Rahul Siddharthan Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux kernel and FreeBSD neck and neck? Message-ID: <20000728133500.C58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20000728124727.A58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000728173235.A13136@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000728131956.B58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000728180020.A13337@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000728180020.A13337@physics.iisc.ernet.in>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 06:00:20PM +0530 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > That's true. BSD's venerable memory management is one area that seems to be > > a stronghold. > > I don't know about venerable: I read somewhere that a lot of the > FreeBSD improvements are recent and due to Matt Dillon, and also that Well, that's true, since the 4.0 rewrite. WHich is quite impressive. > he's talking to Alan Cox of linux and eventually the memory management > of FreeBSD and Linux may "merge"... I can't remember where I read this > latter bit or how reliable the source may have been. But Alan Cox is > an admirer of FreeBSD and runs it on one machine, and often mentions > it in interviews. I guess my only concern is whether we can stay ahead or differentiated enough to not be left behind. I know FreeBSD will always make a great server, but Linux could (will?) catch up. And FreeBSD doesn't have the desktop flexibility to compete with Linux in that arena. But i certainly don't want to sell ourselves short or underestimate the core developers. jm -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org "The physicist's greatest tool is his wastebasket." - Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message