Re: implemented features (Re: Decision time....)

["km b" <kmb810@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/5/07, talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote:
> I have not made any comment on suitability of DragonFlyBSD for some purpose.
> I have only commented that, contrary to what i read under the pen of some
> computer science people, there is huge benefit of 64 bits mode for people
> doing *real* computation, and totally irrespective wether they have <4 Gigs
> memory or > 4 Gigs memory. Of course if they have > 4 Gigs memory, 64 bits
> mode is almost mandatory.
> This being said this is no implicit of explicit criticism of Matt Dillon,
> who is an extremely competent programmer, and has every right to do
> whatever he sees fit for his project. My own prejudice is that having a
> good installer and a good package management system (including a good
> upgrade mechanism) is *extremely* important, far more than any kernel
> nicety. This is clearly the Achilles heel of all BSD systems. Beleive it or
> not, the talent to develop such tools is completely orthogonal to the
> talent to do kernel programming.

I apologize for draggin you into this.

kmb



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