Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:05:38 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linuxulator: emulation? [was: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB...] Message-ID: <199908162005.NAA01196@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 12:53:55 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.990816124925.9998C-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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And whats Whistle market capitilization since becoming part of IBM ? 8) > > > On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Tom Bartol wrote: > > > > > I absolutely agree with Jordan on this point. I'm having an increasingly > > hard time keeping our lab running FreeBSD over Linux due to pressure from > > higher-ups who aren't in the technical trenches with me and who don't > > understand the very good technical reasons I have for running FreeBSD > > here. One constant sticking point is the linux compatibility module. The > > higher-ups see the word "emulator" and all manner of warning messages go > > off in their uninformed heads. > > > > In a previous e-mail on this or a related thread I saw the term: > > > > "Linux image activator" > > > > or something close to this pass by. I think this term gave me a much > > closer feeling to what I imagine is really going on the the "linuxulator" > > than the term "emulator" and all its baggage. So we could name it the > > "Linux image activator" or "Lin-Axe" or some such... > > I'd just like to have it described as running a program in "linux mode" > > In Linux mode, FreeBSD appears exactly a s alinux muchine would to a Linux > program and the program can run un-modified. > > (Now that Red Hat has a market capitialisation of 5Billion$ there will be > a lot more linux stuff available) > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Amancio Hasty hasty@rah.star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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