This sounds more like the Tao than reality..
"Code written by a great hacker usually doesn't need maintenance because it already does the right thing"
All software needs maintenance, no-mather how close to perfect (perfection is an illusion) they are from the start. The world changes, requirements changes, frameworks, APIs, Operating Systems, hardware.. everything changes.
Sorry for dissing the Tao - I shall not sleep tonight:)
What google gets which many of its competitors don't is that people want 'light' sites, uncluttered from ads and large logos - and black writing on white background. It's not the major thing that google 'gets', but it's just one of many.
And you should be extra careful if someone starts a fight right in front of you (or otherwise act in a very noticable way). They like to put on a good show for you while a third man dips his hand in your backpack.
If you see someone acting strangly - tournaround!
>You can always include almost everything as modules.
Of cource.. But being able to do it automatically ('make all_modules') would be nice, but it would have to respect the stuff configured as built-in manualy.
The problem with building your own kernel is that you will always make it as slim as possible. Then each time you buy a new piece of hardware (USB-mouse, SATA hd, etc) you'll need to build it again (and you've thrown away the original.config of course:). Is there a configure everything (besides what's been specified as built-in) as modules?
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This sounds more like the Tao than reality.. "Code written by a great hacker usually doesn't need maintenance because it already does the right thing" All software needs maintenance, no-mather how close to perfect (perfection is an illusion) they are from the start. The world changes, requirements changes, frameworks, APIs, Operating Systems, hardware.. everything changes. Sorry for dissing the Tao - I shall not sleep tonight :)
What google gets which many of its competitors don't is that people want 'light' sites, uncluttered from ads and large logos - and black writing on white background. It's not the major thing that google 'gets', but it's just one of many.
And you should be extra careful if someone starts a fight right in front of you (or otherwise act in a very noticable way). They like to put on a good show for you while a third man dips his hand in your backpack. If you see someone acting strangly - tournaround!
>You can always include almost everything as modules. Of cource.. But being able to do it automatically ('make all_modules') would be nice, but it would have to respect the stuff configured as built-in manualy.
The problem with building your own kernel is that you will always make it as slim as possible. Then each time you buy a new piece of hardware (USB-mouse, SATA hd, etc) you'll need to build it again (and you've thrown away the original .config of course :). Is there a configure everything (besides what's been specified as built-in) as modules?
So fish shouldn't be patentable, but a fish casserole should.. :)