Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (davem@redhat.com)
Fri, 7 May 1999 01:27:26 -0700


Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 15:21:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Smith <jason@artcomp-design.com>

why would one OS be better than any other in something like this? I
don't see any reason linux couldnt do something like this.

(please erase my ignorance)

When people compare systems, they are usually speaking from the
standpoint of "what can the thing do _now_" not "what could it be made
to do".

Linux can be made to do a lot of things, but it doesn't do them now.

What a system can do now is what will drive most people to decide to
use it at the moment.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

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