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From: cmetz@sundance.itd.nrl.navy.mil (Craig Metz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Whats wrong with Linux networking ???
Date: 9 Aug 1994 21:54:06 GMT
Organization: Information Technology Division, Naval Research Laboratory
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In article <CuACx4.Etu@rex.uokhsc.edu>,
Benjamin Z. Goldsteen <benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu> wrote:

>No problem: just state what didn't work about the old version and how
>the new version fixes the problem.  Why didn't Linux just take the UofG
>NFS code and run with it?

>The Linux group should have just imported the UofG NFS code and look
>for something else to do; a superior replacement to NFS would be nice
>(with a license such that any UNIX vendor could implement it without
>having to make their entire kernel public).

	Why didn't *you* implement the UofG code for Linux? 

	Have you ever actually looked at the kernel interfaces?

	It's really easy to go around telling the world what should be done.
It's quite another matter to get up and do it. If it's so easy and so far
superior, you'll make a name for yourself in the Linux community and advance
the status quo. Go for it.

								-Craig