Re: STREAMS: interface versus implementation

Tethys (tethys@ml.com)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 15:39:43 +0100


>Once they find success in the Linux market, there will be an obvious
>incentive to release subsequent products written to native Linux
>networking.

This is where your argument falls down. Like you say, they're vendors.
Most will take the attitude "it works now, so leave it alone".

>If any of this is a re-hash of an earlier (dramatic?) STREAMS thread
>on this list (I'm sorry to have missed it), I well and truly apologize
>for wasting your bandwidth.

Yes, it is. See your local lkml archive for details. As a good starting
point, see Alan Cox's message from 29th Jun this year.

Tet

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