APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon May 6 14:42:49 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:57 PM
Subject: RE: APPLEVISION Monitor


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]
>
> > 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.
>
>
> General relevancy aside (I assume you're speaking subjectively
> for you own use above)...

Of course I am, since I don't have anyone else's view.

> In the context of being used for --
> whatever you use your computer for -- I'd agree that its relative
> ability in any area is irrelevant if you won't consider using it
> anyway.
>
> I just wanted to mention, in case anyone reading may not know, that
> it's no longer the case (and has not been for a very long time)
> that you must re-build the kernel every time you'd like a new driver.
>
OTOH, with user-friendly systems, you just install the driver and reboot.
Yes, I know it's a nuissance to reboot, but I didn't design the thing. PC
users are accustomed to that, from back in the DOS days. With some devices,
you don't have to reboot. When I add another drive, for example. It's
possible to do that without much more than a 'mount' directive under *nix as
well, isn't it?
>
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 14:42:49 BST