Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:24:33 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, sos@freebsd.dk Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/linux linux_misc.c Message-ID: <199907052024.OAA57633@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jul 1999 22:16:14 %2B0200." <3781128E.D9FF98DA@scc.nl> References: <3781128E.D9FF98DA@scc.nl> <19990705194303.B32C664@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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In message <3781128E.D9FF98DA@scc.nl> Marcel Moolenaar writes: : 2) There was not and never will be a Linux kernel that returns "FreeBSD" as : the OS name. There have been Linux kernels that returned "OpenLinux" :-). I don't know how long that lasted, but I do recall it was changed. : 3) What's wrong with the FreeBSD native Netscape that some users are using : a Linux Netscape even though they will do everything to prevent a web : server to "think" that the client is a Linux machine. It is a numbers game. If a web site has 10000 visitors that say they are linux, when in reality 9000 of them are FreeBSD machines, the operators of the site get a false reading. : 5) What good is an emulator if it is written to influence statistics : instead of supporting the largest number of programs. ???? It is better for FreeBSD, the project, to have as many users reported for various places. Also, what does it break? There is already a uname(1) available. Which programs does the string "FreeBSD" cause problems? : If you all feel the same way after reading this, then you've really and : completely lost me. I think the main point was that you made the change w/o asking. This issue has been desided in the past. I think you are going to be fighting against the grain on this one. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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