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Re: Portability of Linux

Vlad Petersen
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 23:50:04 -0700

Curt Sampson wrote:
......
> Ah, this is what you were getting at. Maybe I'm missing something
> here, but I don't see how exactly central control has been relinguished
> as compared to BSD. There still is only one central group to whom
> you submit kernel changes. There are several groups to whom you
> can submit changes in other parts of the OS, but each of those
> groups maintains central control over its distribution.

The issue here is that there's some kind of a division: you're either
a part of the elite, "in the core" or a mere user/contributor. Anyway,
that's the impression I got from reading some BSD mailing list
archives this morning. It is nowhere stated that the line "officially"
exists but it seems to be implied sometimes. Accordingly to my
experience there are many phsychological aspects not very noticeable
to an outsider yet making a great influence on a team performance and
recruiting new members.
........
> who wouldn't have a clue how to debug a kernel problem who are
> pushing Linux, and that's what makes it spread.
>
> This is getting to the point were it would be a lot easier to
> discuss this at a meeting, though.

Someone comes into 351 early and writes some trolls on the blackboard.
"xxx rules!" "yyy sucks!" Ouch.. I can already hear someone packing
baseball bats. Expect a big rumble! :) 

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