Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jeff Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Why Linux is doomed (was: Re: FENRIS (nwfs) 1.4.2 Source Code Available) | Date | Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:37:43 -0600 |
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FYI. When you do type "make" on the Windows NT source tree, it takes almost 38 hours for it to complete on a 4-way 400 Mhz PII System, as opposed to about 5 minutes on Linux. Linux is not Doomed!!!!!!
STOP IT!!!!
Jeff
----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Pornin <pornin@bolet.ens.fr> To: <leitner@convergence.de> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 12:00 PM Subject: Why Linux is doomed (was: Re: FENRIS (nwfs) 1.4.2 Source Code Available)
> According to <leitner@convergence.de>: > > Management summary: stuff like this sucks. I am but a programmer with a > > SMP box that likes to run the latest kernel. And yes, I expect all the > > kernels to compile out of the box. I don't think that this is too much > > to ask. > > Asking for the Moon is not too much also; see, I can do it: I want the > Moon! But it is unlikely that I will be answered positively. > > However if you want an OS ask RedHat or Debian. The kernel is the engine > of an OS, and if you want to play with the engine prepare yourself to > get your hands dirty. Or let the professional (the integrator, Mr RedHat > for instance) do the job. Have you ever looked at your car engine ? Do > you expect General Motors to provide you every three weeks a free new > engine that fits easily in your car, with a 5-minute installation ? > > Anyway I think many people will be grateful for your offering of > compiling every version on every possible architecture so that > out-of-the-box-compiling kernels may be released. > > > > Nowadays, people do not compile their kernels anymore. > > And they are right. Users want to use their computer, not to build them. > > > > I can practically see before my mental eyes a Microsoft sales weasel > > showing people "make config" and then compiling a kernel where FAT > > does not compile! > > Ok, now explain me what happened the last time you typed "make" in the > Windows NT source tree. > > What ? You never did it ? Hey, maybe there is a clue there... > > > > 4. When you do a change in the kernel, DOCUMENT IT. > > Thanks again for your selfless proposition of documentating the dark > areas of the kernel. > > > --Thomas Pornin > > By the way, I use Linux on an Alpha and I always found the "linux-kernel > support" of much higher quality than what could be decently expected. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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