[H-GEN] Mega documentation and distro server. Was: Idea for journalling filesystems

Christopher Biggs listjunkie at pobox.com
Wed Jul 2 18:51:47 EDT 2003


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Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> I've used (and from time to time had to admin) SCO OpenServer
> unfortunately.  It has to be without a doubt the most primitive version of
> unix I've ever had the misfortune to use.
>
> "Oh, I need to change the kernel config - no loadable modules here, relink
> the kernel and reboot."  Yuk.

Heck, you have to do that to change the IP ADDRESS!

Primitive doesn't begin to describe it...

Of course, even SCO would kill off the SVR3 "Open Sewer" line in
favour of SVR4 "UnixWare" or the hybrid monster they're calling
"SVR5", if only their customers would let them.   

There are vast numbers of people trapped with binary-only
vertical-market software that only runs on SCO.  iBCS on Linux is the
best way forward for these people, which is another major motivator
for the anti-linux suit.  Funny thing is, SCO *created* the iBCS
standard for the _purpose_ of allowing cross-platform binary
portability.  What did they /expect/ to happen?

--cjb



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