Re: OT: Stallman visit

[Kalum / Grendel <kalum delrom ro>]

On  Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Steve Fernandez commented thusly,

> Hi guys,
>
>         Well, Stallman did visit our college, and delivered his speech
> on software patents. But it was the session after that that I enjoyed.
> It was a technical session, explaining the HURD, the kernel of the GNU.
> It's still under development, and boy, isn't it wonderful!!! Even Linus
> Torvalds admits that this multiserver-microkernel model will replace his
> monolithic kernel model eventually. This one has a much smaller memory
> footprint, implements a high level of abstraction, so that it can be
> extended easily, has revolutionary new ideas, one of which is called a
> translator.

Yes but the inherent trouble with microkernels that they are significantly
slow when compared with kernels like linux.

Also I dont think the HURD will ever attain the popularity of linux,
the reason is that HURD never has had and never will attain the level of
hype which surrounds linux, because its the FSF that makes it, and they
have absurd demans like "every software should be free", in otherwords
they probably would prohibit non free software to be run on the HURD (if
you think I am joking read RMS's view on why linux should be called
GNU/Linux and that shit and his strong insistance on freedom). What RMS
should realise is that if it were not for Linux his FSF would not have got
even one hundred of the publicity it has now.

If the HURD attains the status of linux (which it will never will)
then we will not be able to run non free software like soldier of fortune,
Real movie player on them so think about whether the hurd is a good thing.

Free software is a good thing, and should be made available, but it is not
a consistent way of making money, in the Free software world you can only
make money by playing out the role of a third party, for example RH is a
third party packager, whose linux distro consists of mostly software
written by NON rh people round the world. Which is why their buisness
position is so precarious and they are threatened by Debian, and Mandrake
and vice versa (except debian which is not profit oriented).

Sometimes I really wonder why I write open source software, and whether to
make it closed software, as IMHO the number of people who "steal" ideas
and use them to build rival projects far exceeds the number of
contributions to the developement of the software.

Best Wishes,
Grendel


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