On Feb 17, 2008 2:58 PM, Mayuresh Kathe  wrote:

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> On Feb 18, 2008 1:16 AM, David Higgs  wrote:

> > On Feb 17, 2008 1:53 PM, Mayuresh Kathe  wrote:

> > His code is free to anyone that wants it for free.  Do you not

> > understand how the BSD license and AnonCVS work?

>

> It gets stranger.

> How is a bare bones code ever going to be useful to a non developing user?

> Its useful to them only when its part of an overall system.

> And that overall system in a really usable state is only available via

> CDs which need to be purchased.

> I'm not saying that this purchase it if you want model is bad, I find

> it to be really good, that way the development keeps going on.

Goodness, what have you been smoking?  Free, online install from

mirrors has been available with every OpenBSD release for the last

five years, at least.
> > > > You are talking about nebulous features that are over hyped and

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> > > > under proven.  One needs a problem first before fixing it.  You are

> > > > putting it the wrong way around by saying "hey I'd like a super duper

> > > > faster tcp/ip stack man!".  Why?  What problem are you solving?

> > >

> > > The problem that would get solved would be best presented by the

> > > following article http://research.sun.com/minds/2007-0710/

> >

> > What specifically about the OpenBSD TCP/IP stack is too slow for your

> > needs?  Perhaps some simple sysctl tuning or using a different NIC

> > will fix what you mistakenly think is an inherent flaw.

>

> I never said its an inherent flaw, its just that its dated.

> Better to have something that is more in tune with what is needed in

> the current world scenario.

So there's no flaws, it's just old, you say.  If it's old and it

works, why would you ever want to replace it?
Can you give anyone a legitimate, specific, real-world problem that

you're trying to solve with this new stack?  Because without one, it

just sounds like you simply bought into some Sun marketing hype.

Reinventing the wheel without a good reason does nothing but waste

everyone's time.
--david