From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 11 01:08:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA09826 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 01:08:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from seidata.com (seidata.com [206.160.242.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA09821 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 01:08:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@seidata.com) Received: from seidata.com ([208.10.211.51]) by seidata.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA06981; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 04:07:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <346768CA.5984ED28@seidata.com> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 15:04:26 -0500 From: Mike Hoskins X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wghhicks@ix.netcom.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal) References: <199711110526.WAA21873@usr02.primenet.com> <3467FC52.1C6E655B@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jerry Hicks wrote: > I bet the Linux porters *do* have access to the aforementioned source > code. And probably a goodly share of other DEC resources as well. I use FreeBSD and Linux on a regular basis, and if this is the case, I find it very discouraging. I've always viewed Linux and FreeBSD as "alternative operating systems". That is defined, by me, to be operating systems programmed by individuals that rise above petty differences, corporate bloat, and/or monetary concerns to have one common goal... to program the best OS possible. Windows/MacOS/etc. seem to be so busy fighting against each other that progress is, in many ways, greatly hindered by their petty, greed-driven bickering. I had always hoped (and still believe) that both FreeBSD and Linux rose above such bickering and focussed on the important issues of security/performance/etc. If, however, either side were to purposefully withhold any type of information simply to "ensure their OS does better than the other", it would seem the guilty party has adopted a rather Microsoft-like attitude on development. --- Mike Hoskins SEI Data Network Services mike@seidata.com