Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:41:57 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: sos@FreeBSD.org Cc: terry@lambert.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Linux compat issue(s) Message-ID: <199610160111.KAA27443@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199610152139.XAA00198@SandBox.CyberCity.dk> from "sos@FreeBSD.org" at Oct 15, 96 11:39:23 pm
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sos@FreeBSD.org stands accused of saying: > > > It should also be noted that it's kind of silly to follow the SVR4 > > EABI if you don't have the same trap entry points (ie: reallly follow > > it). > > So right, why do we bother with ELF at all, we're no SVR4 (thank god)... Because the same sort of wankers who say "Linux was the first server platform to have a working defence against the SYN attack" (1) in the popular press also tend to say "Linux has ELF which makes it clearly superior to everything else which doesn't." I know we've argued the merits of positive publicity, but I for one get Really Pissed Off at how much harder this floating crapulent haze can make my job. (1) Linux wasn't the first, and it's not a server platform. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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