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  1. Re:Let's rephrase it another way on Bill Gates Says GPL Is Like Pac-Man · · Score: 1

    >I mean had TCP been released under the GPL
    >instead of the BSD license, micro$oft would not
    >have a TCP stack...

    What are you talking about? Microsoft have made their own stack. It doesn't matter what license the original stack had/has.

    Regards, Tommy

  2. Re:Linux has "VB" on Where Do You Go After Visual Basic? · · Score: 1

    Well you know, those GNOME folks are used to programs like "ghostname 0.0.1-alpha" so there's no problem for them. *Muhahaha* ;-)

  3. Re:What this means on Linux Grabs World Record For TPC-H Benchmark · · Score: 1
    Short time? Are you on crack? The Linux kernel is more than 10 years old and it still has a toy-VM, toy-filesystem(ext2fs) and toy-scheduler.

    Regards, Tommy

  4. Re:Well.... on YA Microsoft Linux Screed · · Score: 1
    Actually, MS Word 97 and above is very robust. You should try it instead of putting out dogma.

    Regards, Tommy

  5. Re:Why Solaris is better than Linux. on Is Linux Losing Its SPARC? · · Score: 1
    >Linux has good VFS support now, it wouldn't >be very hard...

    Not everyone agrees with you.

    http://www.platypus.ro/essays/linux/vfs.html

    And he isn't the only one saying this.

    Regards, Tommy

  6. Re:Well on NetBSD/Alpha goes multiprocessor · · Score: 1

    >(and no, One Big Kernel Lock is *not*
    >SMP support)

    What a silly thing to claim, of course it is. In your opinion, how many "spinlocks" does the system have to use to have SMP-support? More than 1? More than 2? Is your limit the same for tiny message passing kernels as well?

    Regards, Tommy

  7. Re:Cool things about Ruby.. on Programming Ruby · · Score: 1

    I think you read too much into what I wrote.

    In Ruby Integers don't have a length method(unless you define one).

    Regards, Tommy

  8. Re:Cool things about Ruby.. on Programming Ruby · · Score: 1

    > I just don't find x.length all that
    > superior to len(x).

    The thing is, ".length" is something you always can use. While len(x) only works for a limited set of types.

    Regards, Tommy

  9. Excellent on Daemon News in Dead Tree · · Score: 2

    One big advantage of a paper mag over an eZine is that you can "forget" the mag at strategical places at work. :-)

    Thanks!

    Regards, Tommy

  10. Re:"Secure Linux"? on DARPA to Fund Open Source Security Research · · Score: 1

    Hah, I'd say it's pretty far from "Microsoft Works".

    Regards, Tommy

  11. Linux 2.4.x on Want a Sparc Workstation for $995? · · Score: 1

    The new Linux 2.4.x doesn't boot even faster.

    :^)

    Regards, Tommy

  12. Re:RMS as "King of Open Source"? on Ogg Vorbis Changes (Just About) Everything · · Score: 1

    I think I'll have to stop posting sarcastic jokes on Slashdot.

    Regards, Tommy

  13. Re:RMS's comments on Ogg Vorbis Changes (Just About) Everything · · Score: 1

    Indeed, RMS is an insightful man. He once again proves he's the King of Open Source. Without him, Linux wouldn't have been where it is today.

    Regards, Tommy :^)

  14. Re:Actually, the GPL *benefits* Microsoft. on Microsoft Clarifies Jim Allchin's Statements · · Score: 1

    >swiped^H^H^H^H^H^Hborrowed BSD licensed code

    I think the word you're looking for is "reused".

    Regards, TommyOS

  15. Re:Why use Linux? Because everyone else does! on FreeBSD 4.1.1 vs. Linux 2.4 · · Score: 2

    A majority of my friends use FreeBSD, not Linux. You gotta choose friends :)

    Regards, Tommy

  16. Re:SMP, SMP, SMP, SMP, SMP, and SMP. on FreeBSD 4.1.1 vs. Linux 2.4 · · Score: 2

    In what way is the SMP support of Linux 2.4 mature? :)

    Also, you're implying that mature performs better.

    I, for one, can't understand your reasoning.

    Regards, Tommy

  17. Re:Good Fnarg! that article is so full of shit. on 2.2 vs 2.4 · · Score: 1

    AFAIK, they needed to make some counters bigger so they don't overflow if the CPU is really fast.

    Regards, TOmmy

  18. Re:How does this compare with FreeBSD? on Why iptables (Linux 2.4 Firewalling) Rocks · · Score: 1

    You make it sound like it would be the end of the world to switch to BSD from Linux. I did that switch 4 years ago and never regretted it.

    Regards, Tommy - FreeBSD enthusiast

  19. Re:LSB Logo on Design A Standard For the Linux Standards Base · · Score: 1

    Mr. Volkerding is an insightful man.

    Regards, Tommy - FreeBSD enthusiast

  20. Re:And Yahoo!... on AOL IM Rival Pulls The Plug · · Score: 1

    Not only for Linux, they have a version for FreeBSD as well.

    Regards, Tommy

  21. Re:*BSD on Slashback: Scrambled, Dreams, Stars · · Score: 1

    >if you want your code to swell corporate coffers
    >continue to work on *BSD.

    Tell that to RedHat, TurboLinux, SuSe, VA Linux etc.

    Regards, Tommy

  22. Re:X11 and top Re:No overhead savings on GTK+ without X! · · Score: 1

    It's probably because X can map several copies of the videoram into different places.

  23. Try this then... on Should ISPs Be Allowed To Delete Your MP3s? · · Score: 1
    $ ln -s /kernel satisfaction.mp3

    :^)

    Regards, Tommy PS. "/kernel" is just an example. DS.

  24. Re:My wish: separate processes for drivers. on What Does The Future Hold For Linux? · · Score: 1
    Maybe you should read more about QNX? Or even try it on your computer?

    www.qnx.com

    Regards, Tommy

  25. Re:Richard M Stallman once again... on Richard Stallman vs. Jorrit Tyberghein · · Score: 1
    It was a joke, and it was funny especially after reading the mail discussion.

    Too bad you didn't understand it until after you pressed "Submit". :-)

    Regards, Tommy