From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Aug 2 20:46:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from ren.detir.qld.gov.au (ns.detir.qld.gov.au [203.46.81.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 360AA14F5B for ; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 20:46:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au) Received: by ren.detir.qld.gov.au; id NAA27376; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 13:44:26 +1000 (EST) Received: from ogre.detir.qld.gov.au(167.123.8.3) by ren.detir.qld.gov.au via smap (3.2) id xma027284; Tue, 3 Aug 99 13:44:19 +1000 Received: from atlas.detir.qld.gov.au (atlas.detir.qld.gov.au [167.123.8.9]) by ogre.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA28406; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 13:44:18 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (nymph.detir.qld.gov.au [167.123.10.10]) by atlas.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA06710; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 13:44:09 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (localhost.detir.qld.gov.au [127.0.0.1]) by nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA15343; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 13:44:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from syssgm@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au) Message-Id: <199908030344.NAA15343@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> To: Mike Hoskins Cc: Stephen McKay , Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Selfstyled arrogance? References: In-Reply-To: from Mike Hoskins at "Mon, 02 Aug 1999 03:28:23 -0700" Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 13:44:11 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 2nd August 1999, Mike Hoskins wrote: >On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Stephen McKay wrote: > >> It's very much a dispassionate "here are the facts of this situation" >> message. The lesson in it for us is that we should concentrate even more >> on Linux Binary Compatibility. Even the stupid bits. > >Call me stupid, but I don't like seeing 'concentrate on' and 'stupid bits' >in the same paragraph when referring to the FreeBSD Project... Yeah, it doesn't fully match my philosophy either. But if you advocate FreeBSD (as in you want to see it take over the world), then Linux ABI compatibility is a priority requirement. Simple as that. If you are not coding new bits for it, you should be testing any Linux binaries you can get your hands on. On the other hand, if you are in it for the intellectual buzz, and don't care if FreeBSD becomes an irrelevant historical footnote, then it matters not. FreeBSD might displace Linux, or it might fail. Who cares if you are having fun? Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message