Re: The stability crisis

yodaiken@chelm.cs.nmt.edu
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 20:07:52 -0600


On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 04:49:16PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> On 2 Jul 1999, Florian Weimer wrote:
> IMHO that idea is really "code" for elitism. (no offense to you Florian,

Not everyone should hack kernels. I don't try to to fix the brakes on
my car and am perfectly happy that arthocscopic surgery is limited to
an "elite" group. On the other hand, I think that more support for driver
writers who don't want to understand the kernel and who have specialized
hardware knowledge is an excellent idea.

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