Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750747AbWBXHIx (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:08:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750762AbWBXHIw (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:08:52 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:26087 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750747AbWBXHIw (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:08:52 -0500 Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:08:44 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Tim Walberg cc: Joerg Schilling , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] portable Makefiles (was: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)) In-Reply-To: <20060223175317.GD31520@mindspring.com> Message-ID: References: <20060221101644.GA19643@merlin.emma.line.org> <43FAF2FA.nailD12BW90DH@burner> <20060221114625.GA29439@merlin.emma.line.org> <43FC68C1.nailEC711MJAV@burner> <20060223081257.GA28833@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <43FDD944.nailFUE21NE9H@burner> <20060223160238.GA31520@mindspring.com> <43FDE983.nailFWR613JK4@burner> <20060223172346.GB31520@mindspring.com> <43FDF193.nailG0L117NIN@burner> <20060223175317.GD31520@mindspring.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 854 Lines: 24 >>> They told me that fixing would take "a while". If you believe that >>> "a while" is 20 years, then you seem to live in a different universe then I do. > >Indeed... I had already concluded that. It now seems that in >your universe, the time span between 1999 and 2006 is on >the order of 20 years, which seems to be a factor of nearly >3 over what it is in my universe (either that, or it's not >2006 where you are, but rather 2019...). > That explains why Solaris is so much better. But when Linux gets to 2019, it will rule compared to the current Solaris 2019. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/