Novell will make 'immature' Linux

Novell will make 'immature' Linux

Posted Apr 16, 2003 20:00 UTC (Wed) by ronzone (guest, #10671)
In reply to: Novell will make 'immature' Linux by smoogen
Parent article: Novell will make 'immature' Linux robust and reliable (ComputerWorld)

As for the "maturity" issue, I'd mention one of my favorite items from
my collection of "really dumb programming" ideas.

It was standard practice in the NetWare code base to save a copy of
the stack pointer before calling most lan drives and/or protocol stacks.

Working in the depths of NetWare code, I remarked on what a shoddy practice this was - fater all, if the driver upon exiting wasn't in the
same place on the stack .... wasn't that a sign of a problem?

The essential attitude was one of well, that's the quickest way to ship
a product that doesn't obviously crash and burn ....

I.e., essentially upper-management of "tell us no problems, fire, ready, SHIP"!

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