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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: [FreeBSD 1.0e] Kernel's bss has grown up Message-ID: <hastyCG6st3.Fy0@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <CGD.93Nov7174549@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <hastyCG5Inz.C66@netcom.com> <JTSILLA.93Nov8104426@denali.ccs.northeastern.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1993 19:00:38 GMT Lines: 46 In article <JTSILLA.93Nov8104426@denali.ccs.northeastern.edu> jtsilla@denali.ccs.northeastern.edu (James Tsillas) writes: >In article <hastyCG5Inz.C66@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: > > Hi guys, > <my stuff deleted> >Right on with the first comment! For users of these OS's (people like me >who depend on them for their daily work) it's kind of scary to see this >sort of things. Makes me want to go out and shell out money for SCO :-( >(no, I'm not THAT scared!). > >How about working together on coming up with an even better buffering >scheme or perhaps do away with the buffer scheme altogether and >implement a memory mapped fs like I have on my Sun (please don't respond >with "you have the source go ahead and do it", all I'm asking is for >what are obviously two talented programmers to put their heads together >rather than against each other). > >Take the XFree86 project as an example of a free software project which >started out as separate efforts but (through the participation of some >dedicated person) merged and went on to better things. Do you think that >project didn't have competition? It did, but it was healthy and the >result was a stronger piece of software. > > [Some things deleted] Just want to add that like Jim, I am using my bsd system at work in fact I am very wary to upgrade my OS because I can't afford right now to be porting my apps :-) BTW: the competition is neither one of you but is rather Windows NT, DOS, or Linux. Keep up the good work ! Regards, Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/X