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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init
To: dwguest@win.tue.nl (Guest section DW)
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:04:07 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> This is just an escape route in case everything else has failed.
> 
> Linux is unreliable.
> That is bad.

Since your definition of reliability is a mathematical abstraction requiring
infinite storage why don't you start by inventing infinitely large SDRAM
chips, then get back to us ?

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