[45895] in Cypherpunks
Re: CFS and Linux (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Harmon)
Sun Dec 24 16:26:05 1995
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 12:16:10 -0600 (CST)
From: Dan Harmon <harmon@tenet.edu>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199512231640.LAA07020@jekyll.piermont.com>
On Sat, 23 Dec 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
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>
> Setting up and doing work on a new operating system is *WORK*. It
> takes time. It takes space in your lab or office. Maybe he just
> doesn't feel like spending that time, effort, and lab budget. Why
> should he? CFS is a GIFT. It isn't a product. Maybe if you paid
> someone to maintain a Linux version you would have one, but you aren't
> paying a penny. Quit looking a gift horse in the mouth.
>
> .pm
>
I concur it is work!!!! and very time consuming. And it also takes time
away from other projects, and if you are like most of us we don't have
enough time for our current projects.
Dan
