On Sunday 12 Jun 2005 16:10, trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote: > On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 15:06 +0100, Bob Goddard wrote: > > On Sunday 12 Jun 2005 08:56, trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 13:47 -0700, Daryll Strauss wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 13:10 -0700, trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Look at 'big evil corporations' like apple. They did in a year > > > > > with mach what the FSF/GNU wants to do with HURD and still cant (to > > > > > quote stallman 'its really hard' while explaining why after 10 > > > > > years HURD still doesnt exist). Apple was able to do this largely > > > > > because they paid people to do it. That money had to come from > > > > > somewhere. While apple did release darwin (the mach microkernel+ > > > > > BSD components - but no mac components so largely not highly > > > > > useful) under a license even the FSF claims is 'free'. Had it not > > > > > been for the 'big evil corporations' that would not have existed at > > > > > all. > > > > > > > > You're fairly off base with that paragraph. > > > > > > you're fairly stupid. I wasnt giving a history lesson I was talking > > > about the fact that both apple and FSF tried to do the same thing. > > > Apple did it in about a year (from the time mach actually became > > > available to use the way it is) and FSF is stil trying and stallman is > > > still whining that "its really hard" and that is why he cant get hurd > > > done. > > > > You are the one who is fairly stupid. Apple took Mach, BSD and X and got > > them to talk to each other. The FSF, have taken Mach and are attempting > > to write another BSD. > > Thank you for repeating me and leaving out the fact that FSF *cant* geti > t to work, to quote stallman on the problem "its relaly hard" and that > is why they cant get it working. My whole point was that apple *did* > it. > > You have so eloquently proven my point about your intelligence.
For the last time, Apple took a ready written O/S in FreeBSD, the FSF are doing effectively a full rewrite of FreeBSD. A year my arse. Few people are working on Hurd where as with *BSD and Linux they are a cast of thousands. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users