Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 23:08:36 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net> To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, brett@lariat.org, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199811290408.XAA11525@y.dyson.net> In-Reply-To: <199811272152.OAA19036@usr02.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Nov 27, 98 09:52:38 pm"
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Terry Lambert said: > > o FreeBSD is still third-party layered software unfriendly > (some would call it antagonistic). There is no real > method in FreeBSD for installing software that is supposed > to start at system startup and shutdown gracefully at > system shutdown. > > Fix: Change the FreeBSD "init" process. This is political > suicide, but technological necessity. > No question about that. SYSV init or something close to that is necessary. > > o FreeBSD Linux emulation leaves something to be desired > (something called "Linux emulation"). This is most > apparent in the FreeBSD inability to run some kernel > threaded applications, like Oracle 8 for Linux. > > Fix: Get a copy of Oracle 8 for Linux, install it on > FreeBSD (in violation of the license) and Make It Work(tm). > We are getting close to shipping pthreads on NetBSD at work. I am asking for permission to donate it to FreeBSD. Since I am no longer involved with FreeBSD, there are more political issues to deal with now. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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