FreeBSD's embedded agenda

[Jim Thompson]

On May 25, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Wilko Bulte wrote:

> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 09:55:52PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote..
>> In message <1148585364.447605943e3e1 at imp2-g19.free.fr>, Olivier  
>> Gautherot write
>> s:
>>
>>> For the filesystem, we could think of a standard one - why  
>>> reinvent the wheel
>>> when FreeBSD already has a good one that could be used, possibly  
>>> with a few
>>> tweaks?
>>
>> "The adequate has always been the worst enemy of excellence"
>
> Or worse still "it works/it is cheap" which appears to be todays  
> slogan.

Its "Worse is better", and its been around for over a decade.

http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html

>> Remember, it's: "FreeBSD, the best damn UNIX around", not "FreeBSD:
>> Yet Another Mediocre UNIX".
>
> Make that UNIX-like or TOG will be on your back.  Another one of these
> modern times 'achievements'.

eh?  FreeBSD >is< (a) Unix.  (Linux is not.)