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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.aimnet.com!news.ossi.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!not-for-mail From: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD is clearly superior to Linux Date: 9 Apr 1996 19:09:34 -0700 Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting - http://www.memra.com Lines: 43 Message-ID: <4kf58u$cn6@sidhe.memra.com> References: <4issad$h1o@nadine.teleport.com> <315E0F1A.4E3FB53D@lucon.org> <Pine.LNX.3.91.960401105810.31921A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> <4jso8v$n5i@dyson.iquest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.memra.com In article <4jso8v$n5i@dyson.iquest.net>, John S. Dyson <root@dyson.iquest.net> wrote: >In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960401105810.31921A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com>, >Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> wrote: >It would be silly to switch to ELF right now. We are not going to for >at least six months (prob a year) -- even though a contributor already has >most of the support working. I am very very happy that our ELF capability is >being improved, and is working nicely on FreeBSD-current now. We will have the >support really really debugged instead of subjecting the user base to >unnecessary trauma. Even if/when we go to full ELF, we will and must maintain >a.out support (and probably a.out code generation included) for years. This is the number 1 primary difference between FreeBSD and Linux. FreeBSD developpment is managed by a professional team who understand that many people run UNICes because they need solid atble supported systems. These people do not want flavour-of-the-month OSes such as Linux or the ones Microsoft supplies. They don't want their OS to be orphaned the way Microsoft any many Linux people just jump ship on tried and true technology just because it is not fashionable any more. Maybe Linux will adopt a similar managed approach someday, but for now there is no comparison. >Maybe in fewer words: why rush it and subject lots of users to unnecessary >problems? :-). AKA if it ain't broke, don't fix it. > The release based upon -current most likely will have full >ELF execution and development support. So if someone really wants ELF, they >will be able to use it. Exactly! Give people the choice of running less-proven code, but maintain an up to date stable release for people who cringe at the idea of trusting their data to bleeding edge code. -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com