Torvalds Has Harsh Words For FreeBSD Devs 571
An anonymous reader writes "In a relatively technical discussion about the merits of Copy On Write (COW) versus a very new Linux kernel system call named vmsplice(), Linux creator Linus Torvalds had some harsh words for Mach and FreeBSD developers that utilize COW: 'I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots. Playing games with VM is bad. memory copies are _also_ bad, but quite frankly, memory copies often have _less_ downside than VM games, and bigger caches will only continue to drive that point home.' The discussion goes on to explain how the new vmsplice() avoids this extra overhead."
Playing games with VM is bad. (Score:3, Funny)
I know, I hate it when I have to listen to 26 hang up messages in my inbox only to find out someone is playing games with me.
Tantrums (Score:4, Funny)
Given the respective quality of the Linux and *BSD (Score:5, Funny)
Just finished reading "Thud!", sorry... (Score:2, Funny)
it goes "incompetent idiots."
It is a Torvalds.
That is not my COW.
Next on FOX (Score:1, Funny)
Is it just me, or does the hype outstrip the events?
I call bullshit! (Score:4, Funny)
Wrong side of compiler (Score:5, Funny)
If I only had a brain (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wrong Side of Bed? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wrong Side of Bed? (Score:4, Funny)
If there is something that FreeBSD does that he likes, he is welcome to the code. If there is something that FreeBSD does that he does not like, he can just let it go.
Why does he feel the need to start a war within the OpenSource community?
Linus, my advice to you is simple... (Score:4, Funny)
Sweet (Score:5, Funny)
I'll start.
BSD user: Linux is a confusing mess of programs and is less stable than BSD.
Linux user: Your still here? I thought you were dead by now?
Re:Wrong Side of Bed? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Did you hear that? (Score:2, Funny)
My guesses are they will respond something like this:
FreeBSD: FreeBSD users will continue their campaign of random acts of elitist snobbery against Linux users.
OpenBSD: Theo will threaten to stop work on OpenSSH unless Linus gives him $10,000 for every nasty email he sends a *BSD developer.
NetBSD: Will stop developing the NetBSD port for Linus' microwave.
GEEK WARS BEGIN!!! NEWS AT 11!! (Score:4, Funny)
In the words of George Takei "Hoooooooly geeeez!" This is news??
Obligatory Simpsons reference (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Microsofts answer to that (Score:2, Funny)
The Universe In Which Spock Has A Beard? (Score:5, Funny)
The Universe In Which Spock Has A Beard?
-- Terry
You stupid COW! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wrong Side of Bed? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wrong side of compiler (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wrong side of compiler (Score:5, Funny)
i know what's the last book [alphabetofmanliness.com] that linus read. do you?