Re: Red Hat (was Re: reiserfs)

From: Chip Salzenberg (chip@valinux.com)
Date: Fri Jun 09 2000 - 19:20:22 EST


According to Hans Reiser:
> Your hypothesis of distribution neutrality by kernel contributors
> lacks empirical support.

It's not a hypothesis. It's a statement of his personal experience.
Either he's lying or he's telling the truth, but he's *not* guessing.

> [...] the distributions are engaged in a bitter and contentious
> battle for control, they spend large amounts of money out of fear
> that some code space will fall under control of the other, and their
> objective in obtaining control is to influence who is cooperated
> with and who is frustrated.

This reads like a paranoid delusion.

-- 
Chip Salzenberg              - a.k.a. -              <chip@valinux.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
    but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early."  // MST3K

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