On 7/22/05, Spruell, Darren-Perot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think, quite the opposite, that it's fine the way it is. It's not
> openbsd's fault that people fall prey to the stupid knob-tuning game and
> quite dumbly follow that line of thought. I think instead that the other
> OSes should be responsible for slapping a disclaimer on their {box, web
> page} saying something like "This operating system, contrary to rational
> thinking, is not optimized for the most reasonable performance under the
> most common use cases. Instead of being functional out-of-the box, you are
> expected to re-compile critical portions of the system in order to get them
> to work to your specifications. If you don't find this behavior intuitive,
> feel free to use a more rational, completely functional operating system
> instead."
>
I agree with you completely and in a sane and rational world it would
happen just like that. Unfortunately I highly doubt we'll see any such
disclaimers though. I bet there are lots of people eager to defect and
it would definitely make things easier if such concepts were made
clear (maybe there could be a "Bad OS Refugee" page in the faq).
