Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:49:18 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape browser Message-ID: <4.2.0.32.19990322184253.03ec7590@localhost> In-Reply-To: <36F6EC9A.99FCEB7C@softweyr.com> References: <4.1.19990321150512.03f85d40@localhost> <4.2.0.32.19990322132103.03f66150@localhost> <4.2.0.32.19990322154730.00ab0df0@localhost>
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At 06:21 PM 3/22/99 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: >> "Compatibility?" Actually, they do claim some compatibility with Linux > >No, they don't. > >> They have published an ext2 file system >> driver that lets them mount Linux disk volumes. > >No, they haven't. One of their contributors has published an ext2 filesystem >driver. Others have published ports of many other GPL'd loadable drivers. >The drivers that are shipped with BeOS aren't. They tout it on their Web site as a compatibility feature; see http://www.be.com/beware/Add-Ons/Linux%20Ext2%20Filesystem.html and elsewhere. Also, I believe that this driver is part of their R4 distribution. (I'm not sure whether it's in the R3 distribution.) What's more, BeOS *can* load Linux device driver modules. But again, I don't know why you're hung up on the issue of "compatibility." I think you misunderstood my original message, in which I never used the word. >Funny, it seemed to me that he proposed BeOS pave the way for installation >of other operating systems like Linux. His real point was that *any* crack >in the wall will cause the dam to burst, it doesn't matter who makes the >crack. That's what his challenge to PC manufacturers is all about - to put >a crack in the wall. Alas, he's missing something. Just because there's a crack in the wall does not mean that his product is what's going to gush through. Linux is his mortal enemy. >If you think that, then you just don't understand either Linux or BeOS very >well. The fact that we do not agree on this point does not imply a lack of understanding of either operating system. > Nor do you understand how hard it is to make an operating system, >network box, or anything else that will keep up with video streams, regardless >of how much CPU horsepower you throw at them. I worked with Intel's DVI as far back as 1987. I'd say, offhand, that trying to do digital video at that early stage gave me a very good appreciation for the problem. But again, this is off topic. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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