[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[Chris Townley]

On 06/09/2023 23:04, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article <ud4up3$1hjqq$1 at dont-email.me>, chrisq  <devzero at nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not just that, but tech users expect easiiy viewed transparency from
>> desktop right down to bare metal, and the ability to customise that
>> environment. Far easier to do that with FreeBSD, than with Linux,
>> which becomes ever more complex and opaque. systemd tentacles extend
>> right through the system. crossing boundaries between what should
>> remain encapsulated and abstracted system components. So yes, Linux
>> is dead here for serious work, so long as they continue on that path.
>> It's what happens when good technical projects get corrupted by big
>> business politics, which are rarely compatable...
> 
> This is less the case than it used to be.  We have a generation or two of
> computer people who grew up in a world where they could never see inside
> the box and who expect not to be able to do so.  This is kind of disturbing
> if you ask me, but there are a lot of smart younger people who just don't
> know that transparency is even possible.
> --scott
> 

But plenty of youngsters play with Raspberry Pis - they don't even come 
with a box!

-- 
Chris