From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Mar 22 18:44:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E61C14BE7 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:44:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id TAA27621; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:44:08 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.32.19990322184253.03ec7590@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.32 (Beta) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:49:18 -0700 To: Wes Peters From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Netscape browser Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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