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Date:      Thu, 25 May 2006 16:40:53 -1000
From:      Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, Andrew Atrens <atrens@nortel.com>, current@freebsd.org, small@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD's embedded agenda
Message-ID:  <EA46571D-DE93-4304-A1CB-3B2CD1E849BC@netgate.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060525200846.GA2796@freebie.xs4all.nl>
References:  <1148585364.447605943e3e1@imp2-g19.free.fr> <4784.1148586952@critter.freebsd.dk> <20060525200846.GA2796@freebie.xs4all.nl>

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On May 25, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Wilko Bulte wrote:

> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 09:55:52PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote..
>> In message <1148585364.447605943e3e1@imp2-g19.free.fr>, Olivier  
>> Gautherot write
>> s:
>>
>>> For the filesystem, we could think of a standard one - why  
>>> reinvent the wheel
>>> when FreeBSD already has a good one that could be used, possibly  
>>> with a few
>>> tweaks?
>>
>> "The adequate has always been the worst enemy of excellence"
>
> Or worse still "it works/it is cheap" which appears to be todays  
> slogan.

Its "Worse is better", and its been around for over a decade.

http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html

>> Remember, it's: "FreeBSD, the best damn UNIX around", not "FreeBSD:
>> Yet Another Mediocre UNIX".
>
> Make that UNIX-like or TOG will be on your back.  Another one of these
> modern times 'achievements'.

eh?  FreeBSD >is< (a) Unix.  (Linux is not.)



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