Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:43:34 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> To: jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: beowulf, bsd, and linux (flamebait) Message-ID: <20010510114334G.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010510185510.A98528@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010510185510.A98528@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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I don't know why this rates an "ouch", it's just one guy's opinion and a not very objective or well-supported one at that. I'd say the BSD projects are more than open when compared to linux, and I'd prefer to have a single CVS respository to go check things out of and compare things to than try and follow linux's "here's a tarball.. here's another tarball... hey, how about another tarball.. [repeat until insane]" approach. As to egos, I know Linus pretty well and while I've always managed to get along with him, you'd have to be blind, deaf and dumb to fail to notice that his ego is also of fairly stellar proportions. :) I think this is a case of selective myopia where Donald's observations are concerned. - Jordan From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Subject: beowulf, bsd, and linux (flamebait) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 18:55:10 +0100 > > I was doing research for a project on distributed computing and found this: > > One person in the audience asked why Donald used Linux as the kernel for > building up his Beowulf project instead of one of the BSD kernels. Donald > had an interesting answer to that question. First off, the BSD kernels were > not as stable as Linux, back when he started working on his project. He then > proceeded to complain that working with the BSD developers was very > difficult. They tend to hide the development process thus making it harder > to contribute the needed upgrades. (Remember that Donald had to work with > the internal data structures of the kernel in order to make his project > scale.) He then said that these BSD developers had very large egos. "Their > ego's would fill this room" he said, thus implying the difficulty of working > with them. He then went on to say that he was quite able to work with Linus. > Linus was a laid back guy. > > Ouch. > > Jonathon > -- > The beaten path is for the beaten man. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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