Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:17:55 -0400 From: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> To: FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [dn-core] Re: Perens' "Free Software Leaders Stand Together" Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010523201422.017b5868@mail.threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <20010523183233.A15682@widomaker.com> References: <000001c0e028$20147860$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <20010519092859.F7708@wantadilla.lemis.com> <000001c0e028$20147860$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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I'm not sure I see the difference. You have to figure that if he thinks Mach is crap, and MacOS X is derived from Mach, then he thinks that MacOS X is crap. It's like saying "He didn't call Pavarotti stupid. He said Italians are stupid." Let's not ignore the context of the quotation. Besides, I don't think anyone is faulting Mr. Torvalds for having his opinion. But his public handling of it is still pretty poor given his status and the weight his comments carry. --Chip Morton At 06:32 PM 5/23/2001, Shannon wrote: >He did not call MacOS X crap. He said Mach was crap: > > "Frankly, I think it's a piece of crap," Torvalds says of > Mach, the microkernel on which Apple's new operating system > is based. "It contains all the design mistakes you can make, > and manages to even make up a few of its own." > >I've read kernel list messages were Linus and other kernel hackers >talked about how much BSD or other OS did something better, and what >they needed to do to fix that problem. That he (Linus) doesn't like Mach >is nothing new. I think I've even heard a few BSD people criticize Mach >over the years. > >-- >shannon@widomaker.com _________________________________________________ >______________________/ > "And in billows of might swell the Saxons before her,-- Unite, oh > unite! Or the billows burst o'er her!" -- Downfall of the Gael > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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