Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:43:26 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy <jeremiah@sherline.com>, Gilbert Gong <ggong@cal.alumni.berkeley.edu>, advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Microsoft Advocacy? Message-ID: <XFMail.011220134326.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <022801c1899c$ecb54250$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On 20-Dec-01 Anthony Atkielski wrote: > John writes: > >> FreeBSD is never going to integrate a GUI >> into its kernel. > > Good. > >> That should just be phenomenally stupid. > > Other phenomenally stupid things have been done in the past, e.g., rewriting > a crude UNIX kernel from scratch and then hyping it as the best UNIX OS on > the planet. > >> However, it can provide optimizations to make >> the OS better support desktop software. > > Uh-oh. Such as? And what happens to its support of server software? Nothing silly. One can just avoid doing bone-headed things. Many things that improve desktop performance _also_ improve server performance (respone time, etc.) They aren't as disparate as you think they are. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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