[rescue] Re: G5 case

Frank Van Damme frank.vandamme at student.kuleuven.ac.be
Wed Jun 25 16:39:09 CDT 2003


On Wednesday 25 June 2003 23:14, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Eric Dittman wrote:
>
> ---snip---
>
> > > 2) (probably) Linux would become an open source NT clone.
>
> ---snip---
>
> > You forgot that you'd end up putting unsecure code
> > right in system space.

Or is that the same...

> No, he didn't. ;)

LOL. No, indeed, but I SHOULD have thought of it.

In fact, while the linux->bsd thing does little more then translating system
calls (or so I think), it actually has its place in the kernel. But not Wine.
What Wine does is translating API calls - which is a 100 percent userspace
buusiness.

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