[Info-vax] CRTL and RMS vs SSIO

[chris]

On 10/13/21 03:23, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 10/12/2021 8:31 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 11:57:45 AM UTC+13, Stephen Hoffman
>> wrote:
>>> If the effort to re-host is underway, why re-host to Linux and not to
>>> a more
>>> modern kernel design?
>>
>> What choice do you have?
>>
>
> Are you claiming that Linux is the be-all and end-all of OS kernels?
>
> The choices are many. Including entirely new designs.
>
> You're sounding like the guy at the patent office way back declared that
> everything to be invented has already been invented.
>

To each his own, but the reason why I dumped Linux forever was over the
systemd disaster. A seemingly modern replacement for the init startup
system. Tt now looks more like a mini kernel with the kernel, with
it's tentacles into every part of the system. Looked to me like a power
grab by Redhat, to control the future direction of Linux, but call me
paranoid if you must. Sun's Solaris also has layered system control
overlay, as does FreeBSD, but leaves all the original files intact, so
for example, you can still read the log file in text format. Linux is
far too bloated and all things to all men these days, rather than a
technically efficient OS. Been running FreeBSD for a few years now
and like breath of fresh air in software engineering terms. So, you
stick with VMS, even with limitations. I'm sure they will be addressed
in due course...

Chris