From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 11 02:14:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE38716A412 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:14:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjhjr@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao01.cox.net (eastrmmtao01.cox.net [68.230.240.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 225AF43D58 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:14:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjhjr@cox.net) Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060911021424.EVEE18847.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:14:24 -0400 Received: from localhost ([68.230.186.138]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id LqE91V0032zbV0s0000000 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:14:09 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:14:23 -0400 From: Bob Hall To: Free BSD Questions list Message-ID: <20060911021423.GA51888@kongemord.krig.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bob Hall , Free BSD Questions list References: <20060910125631.GA29818@teddy.fas.com> <20060910155704.GA49622@kongemord.krig.net> <20060910220404.GB11266@teddy.fas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060910220404.GB11266@teddy.fas.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Top behavior differences X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:14:26 -0000 On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 06:04:04PM -0400, stan wrote: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:57:05AM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 08:56:31AM -0400, stan wrote: > > > Can someone explain to me why top's handling of multi processor > > > status display is different on FreeBSD, than it is on Linux? > > > > Open source started with the concept of individuals hacking the source > > code to get the features they want. The commericial ideal of users paying > > for features they want was replaced by the ideal of users doing the work > > to create the features they want. Open source has evolved into the > > concept of many users getting a free ride as a relatively small number > > of open source programmers do the work for them, without pay. > > > > Possible reasons why open source software X doesn't have feature Y: > > > -- Long discussion of open source philosophy dleted --- > > Once upon a time, when people posted on lists like this, they got > well reasoned technical answers. They did if they asked for technical answers. What you actually asked, if you'll read your own e-mail, is why FBSD doesn't display the information the way Linux does.