At Mon, 01 May 2006 01:25:37 -0400, "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I actually find this very curious. RMS has been willing to let the world > evolve into understanding over time, and this has been greatly > beneficial. Marcus is trying to take a "giant leap." I don't think it is > going to work, but it is certainly interesting.
This is really strange. No operating system in wide use supports the confinement property as you advocate it. Not using confinement in the system design really is the conservative choice. In another mail you said that my proposal was radical. I wish I would have the honor of finding a radical new operating system design, but that is of course not the case. I am not yet sure if your mischaracterization comes from a misunderstanding about the actual proposal, or because you mix up my own, very personal, motivations (which I do not hide) with the technical justifications (which have not been sufficiently described yet, because from the very start the discussion has focussed on moral issues and other side topics), or something else. I will not apologize for taking a moral stance; however, I will also not hide behind it. The technical challenge remains open, and in a couple of weeks I will collect the submissions and answer them as promised. I will also address other technical concerns which have been raised (and some that have not been raised). I invite you to hang around for that and form your final opinion about my proposal based on a more complete picture (and I want to stress that this is really just my personal proposal at this point). Thanks, Marcus _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
