Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:21:30 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: beowulf, bsd, and linux (flamebait) Message-ID: <20010510112130.N19893@nexus.root.com> In-Reply-To: <20010510185510.A98528@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 06:55:10PM %2B0100 References: <20010510185510.A98528@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> >I was doing research for a project on distributed computing and found this: > >One person in the audience asked why Donald used Linux as the kernel for >building up his Beowulf project instead of one of the BSD kernels. Donald >had an interesting answer to that question. First off, the BSD kernels were >not as stable as Linux, back when he started working on his project. He then >proceeded to complain that working with the BSD developers was very >difficult. They tend to hide the development process thus making it harder >to contribute the needed upgrades. (Remember that Donald had to work with >the internal data structures of the kernel in order to make his project >scale.) He then said that these BSD developers had very large egos. "Their >ego's would fill this room" he said, thus implying the difficulty of working >with them. He then went on to say that he was quite able to work with Linus. >Linus was a laid back guy. > >Ouch. We need a freebsd-humor list for messages like this. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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