Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 11:05:13 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: `Hiding' libc symbols Message-ID: <20030509100512.GM1869@survey.codeburst.net> In-Reply-To: <xzpfznobhbb.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <XFMail.20030501140549.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030501182820.GA53641@madman.celabo.org> <20030503201409.GA41554@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030505175428.GA19275@madman.celabo.org> <20030506170919.GD36798@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030506175557.GE79167@madman.celabo.org> <20030508161223.GL1869@survey.codeburst.net> <xzpu1c5unx1.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <1052433233.619.27.camel@cf.freebsd-services.com> <xzpfznobhbb.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 11:27:52AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Our role is not to be the professor or teacher of the open source > world, but rather to be the research technician who builds the tools > that professors use in their research and teaching. As such, we > should be aware that the professor is not solely interested in > academically correct tools but also in tools that get the work done a > little faster and a little cheaper, even if that means cutting corners > or making concessions, so he can publish that paper and get that > grant. The academic research community is a lot more rigourous than that. At least it was when I was there, perhaps things have declined since I left. -- Paul Richards
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