That stuff is irrelevant, since *nix was demonstrated to be an insufferable
cost and pain back in '82. Someting that ugly and unfriendly, that tore down
the system each time an application had to be patched, resulting in days of
downtime was just not acceptable. As a result, *nix hasn't gotten much of a
look around here since then, aside from a brief peek at Linux. ... and
neither has SUN hardware.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:41 AM
Subject: RE: APPLEVISION Monitor
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]
>
> > I've also got some *nix experience, and, frankly, anything
> > that requires I
> > recompile the OS just to install a driver is too much
> > trouble. I've done
> > that, but hopefully never will again.
>
> I thought I would mention here that Unix has had dynamically
> loadable kernel modules for a while. I know from experience
> that the Unix PC O/S (at least from 3.0) uses them for graphics
> stuff.
>
> IRIX has also had them, after a fashion, for a while. (Actually,
> IRIX has a "sysgen," but technically it's a re-link, not a re-
> compile)
>
> Chris
>
>
> Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>
> /usr/bin/perl -e '
> print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
> '
>
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