Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:37:04 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux kernel compatability Message-ID: <20110106113536.O14966@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1101052149080.11613@sea.ntplx.net> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101031017110.1450@desktop> <20110103220153.69cf59e0@kan.dnsalias.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101031859290.1450@desktop> <20110104082252.45bb5e7f@kan.dnsalias.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101041030120.1450@desktop> <20110105124045.6a0ddd1a@kan.dnsalias.net> <20110105175926.GA2101@vniz.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101051413070.1450@desktop> <D3E4F3D4-55FD-48B5-B175-CF152B9B3AE4@samsco.org> <20110106024403.GB22349@vniz.net> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1101052149080.11613@sea.ntplx.net>
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Andrey Chernov wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 05:17:21PM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
>>>> We have not been marginalized in this space because we have an emulator.
>>>> We just don't have the marketshare in many areas. If anything, these
>>>> emulators improve our marketshare.
>>>
>>> I agree entirely. Companies look at marketshare and ability to turn more
>>> revenue than costs (i.e. profit). Like Jeff, I've had my share of dealing
>>> with companies who have made a conscious to support or not support FreeBSD
>>> based on those factors. Petitions and letters sound great on Slashdot,
>>> but don't work in the real world. Emulation increases marketshare.
>>
>> Emulation decreases our marketshare, presenting us like
>> not-so-good-but-trying Linux clone, so, for this reason alone, every
>> serious company will put its money on Linux product running on real Linux
>> instead of thinking about porting it into FreeBSD.
>
> Has anyone asked, instead of putting Linux shims into FreeBSD,
> why aren't FreeBSD shims put into Linux? If the FreeBSD ABI/KPI
> is supposedly more stable than Linux, then wouldn't it make
> more sense to do it that way?
You people know that a lot of linux tools are ported to freebsd?
I mean there is a glibc for FreeBSD out and (soon to be) in an official
Linux distribution release.
> And I suppose part of the answer to that question is, it would
> not be acceptible to the Linux folks.
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