From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 16 13: 8:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from rah.star-gate.com (216-200-29-190.snj0.flashcom.net [216.200.29.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB0E14BDB for ; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:08:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA01196; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:05:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199908162005.NAA01196@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Julian Elischer Cc: Tom Bartol , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Marcel Moolenaar , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linuxulator: emulation? [was: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB...] In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 12:53:55 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:05:38 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG And whats Whistle market capitilization since becoming part of IBM ? 8) > > > On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Tom Bartol wrote: > > > > > I absolutely agree with Jordan on this point. I'm having an increasingly > > hard time keeping our lab running FreeBSD over Linux due to pressure from > > higher-ups who aren't in the technical trenches with me and who don't > > understand the very good technical reasons I have for running FreeBSD > > here. One constant sticking point is the linux compatibility module. The > > higher-ups see the word "emulator" and all manner of warning messages go > > off in their uninformed heads. > > > > In a previous e-mail on this or a related thread I saw the term: > > > > "Linux image activator" > > > > or something close to this pass by. I think this term gave me a much > > closer feeling to what I imagine is really going on the the "linuxulator" > > than the term "emulator" and all its baggage. So we could name it the > > "Linux image activator" or "Lin-Axe" or some such... > > I'd just like to have it described as running a program in "linux mode" > > In Linux mode, FreeBSD appears exactly a s alinux muchine would to a Linux > program and the program can run un-modified. > > (Now that Red Hat has a market capitialisation of 5Billion$ there will be > a lot more linux stuff available) > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Amancio Hasty hasty@rah.star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message