From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Feb 1 23:32:58 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 846C9ED3B2C for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 23:32:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2721B6DDF8 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 23:32:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from point.uchicago.edu (point.uchicago.edu [128.135.52.6]) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3716371804B; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:32:51 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Response to Meltdown and Spectre To: JD , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <23154.11945.856955.523027@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <5A726B60.7040606@gmail.com> From: Valeri Galtsev Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:32:50 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5A726B60.7040606@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:32:58 -0000 On 01/31/18 19:20, JD wrote: > > > On 01/31/2018 02:01 PM, Robert Huff wrote: >> Zahrir, Abderrahmane writes: >> >>>   I understand that you have not been notified early enough about >>>   the Meltdown and spectre security flow. >>> >>>   However do we have a rough estimate (something like an >>>   approximate month) of when a patch will be available for the >>>   latest version 11.1 and possibly 11.0? >>     Given that - at this writing - _Intel_ doesn't fully understand >> how to fix this .... >> >> >>                 Respectfully, >> >> >>                     Robert Huff > I think this blunder by MS-Intel Duopoly could be the poison pill that > will kill both. > Quite unlikely. MS existence is backed up by customers, 90% of whom are computer ignorant, which solidifies MS existence. Intel has substantial share of CPU market, probably about 85% of all sold amd64 architecture are Intel ones. Which in itself makes it unlikely Intel to disappear, or even loose noticeable share of market. They are not monopoly strictly speaking, but almost such. I myself am quite neutral to either of them. On this subject what my friend likes to say about operating systems is quite applicable: All systems suck... and thanks to that I got my job ;-) Valeri > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> . >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++