Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 22:49:21 +0200 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, sos@freebsd.dk Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/linux linux_misc.c Message-ID: <37811A51.B0738E4F@scc.nl> References: <3781128E.D9FF98DA@scc.nl> <19990705194303.B32C664@overcee.netplex.com.au> <199907052024.OAA57633@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > : 3) What's wrong with the FreeBSD native Netscape that some users are using > : a Linux Netscape even though they will do everything to prevent a web > : server to "think" that the client is a Linux machine. > > It is a numbers game. If a web site has 10000 visitors that say they > are linux, when in reality 9000 of them are FreeBSD machines, the > operators of the site get a false reading. > > : 5) What good is an emulator if it is written to influence statistics > : instead of supporting the largest number of programs. > > ???? It is better for FreeBSD, the project, to have as many users > reported for various places. Is it appropriate to refer to Jordan's statement on letting Linux be the Open source pur sang and FreeBSD being able to emulate, or is that irrelevant? (sorry, I can't give the precise reference or URL, but I hope you've read it) > I think the main point was that you made the change w/o asking. This > issue has been desided in the past. I've been discussing this with Mike and the outcome was that it was better to return Linux. > I think you are going to be fighting against the grain on this one. I'm certainly not going to fight about this. If I get overruled, then so be it. Any problems I encounter due to uname not returning Linux must simply be solved then. Unfortunately for me, I'm probably the one to solve them... -- Marcel Moolenaar mailto:marcel@scc.nl SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ Amsterdam, The Netherlands tel: +31 20 4200655 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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