Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:34:46 +0000 From: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/compat/linux linux_socket.c Message-ID: <20050310183446.GW98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3301.1110479070@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20050310181903.GU98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> <3301.1110479070@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 07:24:30PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20050310181903.GU98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk>, Paul Richards wr > ites: > > >That's the crux of FreeBSD's problem really. We can't tell the > >commercial world to change the way they work to suit what we want > >to do. If we want them to take FreeBSD seriously we have to fit > >with the expectations they have. > > No, the crux of FreeBSD's problem is the differing opinion on how > serious we want to be taken. > > I for instance, do not want "the commercial world", (by which we > in this case means "application producing companies") to take us > anymore serious than we are able to be. > > Being realistic about our capacity and ability is far more important > to everybody, than promising specific goals of dubious reachability. I have no disagreement with that position. In fact, raising this issue bolsters that position by showing just how far away we are from being able to produce a product suited to that sort of commercial environment. -- Paul Richards
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