Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:13:47 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is Red Hat a mini Microsoft? Message-ID: <36F6DCBB.D8468D5C@thuntek.net> References: <4.1.19990322121713.00fe8920@mailbox.iwaynet.net> <19990322151738.B75109@ontario.mooseriver.com> <36F6D888.231A8379@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > [snip] > So, here's an invitation. Let's discuss the pros and cons of the current > Linux explosion. How do you think this will improve Linux, and how do > you think it will hurt Linux? In what ways might FreeBSD be improved and > hurt by similar, or indeed ANY level of media and commercial attention? > > I'd like to write a Daemons Advocate on this, and to present the viewpoints > of the community, not just myself. Please invite your NetBSD and OpenBSD > friends to join in. > > Here's an example discussion point: Now that Red Hat is being paid lotso' > dollars to support and develop Linux for large commercial customers, how > likely is a small user with one aging 386 box to get any attention at all > when RH 6.0 won't run on his machine? Are the "little guys" going to get > left in the dust, as they were with Windows NT and Solaris x86? What > about support for 1MB video cards, etc., ad nauseum? > It seems to me that we're already being pulled in that direction with FreeBSD. My latest 3.1 kernel is 15.4M in size, and the practical limit for most 386 motherboards was 16M. Also, numerous drivers have notations in LINT 'no longer supported due to insufficient demand', or something like that. As far as Linux goes, MHO is crystalized by our FUUNM experience: the best users all use FreeBSD, and the Linux users defer to us for expertise. Power Users Use the Power To SERVE! I think we will also see the GPL being flaunted as Linux gets into more companies. Software piracy is a fact of life, and Stallman can't stop corporate greed. It will be interesting to see if anyone challenges a betrayal. -- Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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