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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:44:32 -0700
Organization: Me
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> In article <3173FF99.46221A66@lambert.org>,
] Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote:
] >Kevin P. Neal wrote:
] >] Funny, last time I went to www.microsoft.com, it was slow as a dog.
] >]
] >] I was amused.
] >
] >Do not intentionally confuse bad implementation with bad design,
] >or bad design with bad ideas.
] >
] >If you do this, you will commit a disservice to yourself. A good
] >idea or design is good, regardless of whether or not you like the
] >politics of its origin.
]
] Do not intentionally confuse politics or origin with a bad
] implementation.
]
] A good idea or design is _not_ good, unless there is a good
] implementation of it. It is *never* a excuse to say that the "basic
] design" is good, if the product is bad. A bad product is a bad
] product, regardless of politics, origin _or_ design.
]
] If the basic design is good, then the product may be more easily
] improved in the future, but before those improvements are done
] you're just handwaving.
]
] Fight vapourware!
]
] Linus
So you're saying that a slow www.microsoft.com doesn't
necessarily mean that theye are using a bad implementation,
it could mean that WWW is a bad idea?
8-) 8-) 8-).
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.