[3497] in linux-net channel archive
Re: shaper or whatever
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis)
Tue Jun 25 18:45:25 1996
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:29:33 -0400
To: Alvin Starr <alvin@eyepoint.com>
From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
>On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Dennis wrote:
>
>>
>> No...it has to do with the fact that every time you touch something you
>> risk breaking it (if only accidentally). The more things that you touch the
>> more problems that can occur. Once things work its nice to not have to
>> touch them, thats all.
>
>I have been working on operating system code for over 10 years now, and I
>have found that your staement is true of all OS's. If you think Linux has
>problems take a look at NT. The golden boys at MS have NO internal
>documentation for the NT Executive. Linux by comparison is well
>documented. I have also had oppertunity to work with several other "real"
>Unix sources and quite frankly the code there is often no better than in
>Linux and most times worse.
>
>I also noticed that you did not mention ports of your SW to other unixes.
>Is that because you are not able to pay the source licencing fees to be
>able to write driver level code? With all your whining about the
>licencing of Linux it is obvious that you are not creative or intelligent
>enough to figure a way out of the problem. I have yet to see a perfect
>licencing agreement. GPL serves a purpose in the computer comunity. If
>you do not like the GPL restrictions then just walk away, for god's sake
>do not piss away our bandwidth with this infintile tit-for-tat banter.
You are an idiot and do not deserve (or could you afford) one second
of my time
Regards,
Dennis
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