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From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Michael Rothwell <rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI)
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On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote:

> Same as before -- freedom and low cost. The primary advantae of Linux
> over other OSes is the GPL. 

Now, that's more than slightly insulting...

The problem with the hooks et.al. is very simple - they promote every
bloody implementation detail to exposed API. Sorry, but... See Figure 1.
It won't fly.

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