On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:53:58 -0800, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin quoting Tracy R Reed as of Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 05:15:00PM +0700:
===1) > > think it has SMP now although probably not as mature as Linux's SMP > > since it has been around so much longer. > > By this argument, I should jump on the OpenSolaris bandwagon. Linux SMP > support has never been all that great. ===2) > > More people are familiar with Linux if you are looking for > > employees. > > That's an argument for MSWindows. So I don't accept that line of > reasoning. Employees can surely _learn_. The debate is between Linux and BSD. One or more variables may rule out choosing Windows or OpenSolaris, even if they do excel in a particular area. It's still valid to choose between Linux and BSD based on their performance in that particular area. > > We gave up BSD in the very > > early days of MP3 in large part due to lack of SMP support. Less driver > > support also. > > I suspect that's partly due to the GPL "you use it we own it" nature. What do you mean? Wouldn't the "you use it we own it" nature move them towards BSD, and not the other way around? > > BSD is cool and all but I don't see a whole lot of reasons to > > run it other than for religious or nostalgic reasons. > > To get out from under the yoke of the FSF? Isn't that a "religious" reason? > Really, having an alternative -- a healthy alternative -- is good in > and of itself. La la la.... -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
