[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

Lawrence D'Oliveiro ldo at nz.invalid
Mon Jan 8 21:15:24 EST 2024


On 8 Jan 2024 20:10:16 -0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:08:56 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>
>>> 3 main BSD's. 1 Linux.
>>
>>More like 350 Linuxes (Linuces?). Why is that?
> 
> No.  Maybe 350 different distributions, but only one kernel.

Why is the BSDs were not able to agree on a common kernel?

> This is both the key to Linux's success but also a real problem for
> people wanting to use it for embedded for multimedia applications.

What sort of “real problem”? Remember, like any open-source project, you 
are free to fork it for your own purposes. Provided you are prepared to 
accept the consequences of that.



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