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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Belgium.EU.net!news.kb.be!s853702!u27113 From: u27113@s853702 (Danny Backx) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Getting off the stick [was Re: TCP latency] Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 18 Jul 1996 13:15:43 GMT Organization: Kredietbank, Havenlaan 2, 1210 Brussel, Belgium Lines: 63 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4slddv$cu0@s854803.kb.be> Reply-To: u27113@kb.be NNTP-Posting-Host: kb.be Path: s853702!u27113 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Distribution: world References: <4paedl$4bm@engnews2.eng.sun.com> <4s8rtp$jsh@fido.asd.sgi.com> <4sej3e$155@dworkin.wustl.edu> <4seo88$fqd@fido.asd.sgi.com> <4sesh4$2ls@dworkin.wustl.edu> <31EDBDA2.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> From: u27113@s853702 (Danny Backx) Reply-To: u27113@kb.be Organization: Kredietbank, Havenlaan 2, 1210 Brussel, Belgium Subject: Re: Getting off the stick [was Re: TCP latency] Jordan wrote : > I do realize that this is a highly idealized vision, I'm simply trying > to underscore the point that the real fight isn't in the OS arena at > all, it's what sits on top. So far, sadly, not many people have chosen > to look up there since it's far easier to worry about minescule > differences in your fork() timing than it is to design and implement > clustering protocols or write free CORBA implementations. > > If the various OS camps don't wake up to this soon, THAT is what is > going to kill them, not the Linus vs *BSD fights or the fighting between > the *BSD camps themselves - that's merely arguing about a stubbed toe > while an 18 wheeler is bearing down on you from behind. Focus on the > *serious* deficiencies, please! > - Jordan Hubbard > President, FreeBSD Project So does this mean more people will start contributing to projects like LessTif now ? http://www.hungry.com/products/lesstif -- Danny Backx, Kredietbank, Havenlaan 2, 1210 Brussel, Belgium u27113@kb.be Tel. +32(2)422.74.57 Fax. +32(2)422.81.77 Jordan wrote : > I do realize that this is a highly idealized vision, I'm simply trying > to underscore the point that the real fight isn't in the OS arena at > all, it's what sits on top. So far, sadly, not many people have chosen > to look up there since it's far easier to worry about minescule > differences in your fork() timing than it is to design and implement > clustering protocols or write free CORBA implementations. > > If the various OS camps don't wake up to this soon, THAT is what is > going to kill them, not the Linus vs *BSD fights or the fighting between > the *BSD camps themselves - that's merely arguing about a stubbed toe > while an 18 wheeler is bearing down on you from behind. Focus on the > *serious* deficiencies, please! > - Jordan Hubbard > President, FreeBSD Project So does this mean more people will start contributing to projects like LessTif now ? http://www.hungry.com/products/lesstif -- Danny Backx, Kredietbank, Havenlaan 2, 1210 Brussel, Belgium u27113@kb.be Tel. +32(2)422.74.57 Fax. +32(2)422.81.77