From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 19 8:45:13 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 08:45:12 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (flutter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DA3337B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:45:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBJGiwf43072; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:44:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Dennis Cc: Boris , Murray Stokely , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:43:17 EST." <5.0.0.25.0.20001219111044.020739e0@mail.etinc.com> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:44:58 +0100 Message-ID: <43070.977244298@critter> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <5.0.0.25.0.20001219111044.020739e0@mail.etinc.com>, Dennis writes: > >>Device Drivers >>-------------- >>I donīt like binary only device drivers. The code of an operating >>system is more complex than a driver. if a company does not want to >>publish the sourcecode, the should go away. > >You've lost all credibility here. We have a saying in Denmark, which I'm sure exist in as many forms as there are languages in the world: "A thief belive everybody steals." Dennis, considering the recorded history of your arguments in our mailing list archives, hearing you come out and praise closed source drivers for open source OS's rings very very hollow. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message