Comments for What I Think in Madtown http://madtownwi.wordpress.com My Opinions on Whats Going on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on response to G David Lewis by G David Lewis http://madtownwi.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/response-to-g-david-lewis/#comment-7 G David Lewis Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:31:01 +0000 http://madtownwi.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-7 I fully understand and agree with the sentiment of your original post, however I feel that the way you worded it could be easily misconstrued by casual readers and interpreted as saying that Linux per se isn't a fully up to date and modern OS. That perhaps Linux was in the realm of obsolete OSen like the Amiga or OS/2, which it most obviously isn't. Linux is a fully modern, stable, and actively developed platform with thousands of applications available for it, not to mention it being the most diverse OS in use today able to run on the largest supercomputer clusters to the smallest firmware devices. It is true that any of the original stack of software that ran on the first Linux kernel is still just as available and useful today as then, however this makes up for just a small subset of the total software available for the system and, while worthy of praise for its continuity, is certainly not the greatest aspect of this wonderful platform, IMHO. I apologize for coming across so strongly in my original post, however, when speaking of something so near and dear to me as Linux; even the slightest deinigration get my dander up. That said, keep up the good work! :-) I fully understand and agree with the sentiment of your original post, however I feel that the way you worded it could be easily misconstrued by casual readers and interpreted as saying that Linux per se isn’t a fully up to date and modern OS. That perhaps Linux was in the realm of obsolete OSen like the Amiga or OS/2, which it most obviously isn’t.

Linux is a fully modern, stable, and actively developed platform with thousands of applications available for it, not to mention it being the most diverse OS in use today able to run on the largest supercomputer clusters to the smallest firmware devices.

It is true that any of the original stack of software that ran on the first Linux kernel is still just as available and useful today as then, however this makes up for just a small subset of the total software available for the system and, while worthy of praise for its continuity, is certainly not the greatest aspect of this wonderful platform, IMHO.

I apologize for coming across so strongly in my original post, however, when speaking of something so near and dear to me as Linux; even the slightest deinigration get my dander up. That said, keep up the good work! :-)

]]> Comment on Linux is Timeless by G David Lewis http://madtownwi.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/linux-is-timeless/#comment-5 G David Lewis Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:19:41 +0000 http://madtownwi.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-5 I think it is extremely misleading for you to state that the Linux base of today hasn't changed much from the early kernels of over a decade ago. As the first version of the kernel was only released in 1991, any book written in that time period would only reflect a very early and minimal project as opposed to the mature and stable system that Linux is today. One has only to consider all of the hardware and protocols that have been introduced since, say 1995, to get an idea of how much more support is in today's Linux as opposed to the early kernels. Granted, if one is merely referring to OS concepts & implementation, then not much has changed in that arena for quite awhile. However, to say that not much has changed in the OS itself is like comparing a horse & buggy to a Bugati. I think it is extremely misleading for you to state that the Linux base of today hasn’t changed much from the early kernels of over a decade ago. As the first version of the kernel was only released in 1991, any book written in that time period would only reflect a very early and minimal project as opposed to the mature and stable system that Linux is today.

One has only to consider all of the hardware and protocols that have been introduced since, say 1995, to get an idea of how much more support is in today’s Linux as opposed to the early kernels.

Granted, if one is merely referring to OS concepts & implementation, then not much has changed in that arena for quite awhile. However, to say that not much has changed in the OS itself is like comparing a horse & buggy to a Bugati.

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