OLS: On how user space sucks

Posted Jul 20, 2006 23:03 UTC (Thu) by tomsi (subscriber, #2306)
In reply to: OLS: On how user space sucks by cventers
Parent article: OLS: On how user space sucks

I'm glad we have free systems -- not only is it possible to spot these problems, it's possible for people not originally involved in the programs to step in and fix them.

I agree. At least, with linux it is possible to find out why things takes to much time. With Windows, you can only wait...

OLS: On how user space sucks

Posted Jul 21, 2006 1:17 UTC (Fri) by sepreece (guest, #19270) [Link] (1 responses)

I don't know about Windows, but you could do similar analysis on Unix systems, since 1990-ish, despite their being closed source. Dave's report (which was, indeed, hilarious, and a great lesson for us all) was based on observing the apps from outside (watching their file operations in particular).

OLS: On how user space sucks

Posted Jul 21, 2006 3:40 UTC (Fri) by cventers (guest, #31465) [Link]

Right. The difference with free software, though, is that you don't have
to wait for the vendor to fix it (or hope that they care enough). If
something is really itching, you're 100% empowered to scratch it.