[CrackMonkey] Uh...

[Seth David Schoen]

Don Marti writes:

> On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 02:48:58PM -0800, Monkey Master wrote:
> 
> > 	Every time anyone has mentioned softupdates on the linux
> > kernel list, people have said "So what?  ext3 will have journaling".
> > This is a stupid move, and shows ignorance of what softupdates really
> > does.
> 
> Josef Grosch, another FreeBSD hacker, system administrator, and new
> hire at Sendmail, Inc. had another idea -- do a benchmark that involves
> creating and deleting lots of small files, since FreeBSD can do all
> that in memory without touching the disk. "We can beat the [expletive
> deleted] out of anybody," he said. And, he added, "Do yourself a favor,
> don't get married. After marriage, the toys stop."
> 
> http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/linuxworldtoday/lwt-behind2.html

It was also said that

> Stallman is right, though, we aren't talking about freedom enough.  Do people
> really spend their weekends helping annoying new people install free software
> because it has a more efficient development methodology?  Of course not.  If
> it were only about efficiency, hobbyists would volunteer to replace the old
> ballasts in companies' fluorescent lights.  

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