One million ought to be enough for anybody

Posted Dec 18, 2019 6:03 UTC (Wed) by zdzichu (guest, #17118)
In reply to: One million ought to be enough for anybody by Kamilion
Parent article: One million ought to be enough for anybody

"sysctl mechanism" didn't went away. Never used syscall was removed, but /proc/sys is still here and will be always.
I also don't understand why you would be happy?

One million ought to be enough for anybody

Posted Dec 18, 2019 17:34 UTC (Wed) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020) [Link]

"I also don't understand why you would be happy?"

Having worked, tangentially, with Oracle, I can understand why he would be happy.

One million ought to be enough for anybody

Posted Dec 20, 2019 0:22 UTC (Fri) by Kamilion (guest, #42576) [Link]

Ah, I was under the impression the sysctl(8) binary still used the syscall. Wasn't aware it's been poking procfs for quite a while.
A quick googling resolved my ignorance on that matter.

As for my happiness; I think that oracle's one of the biggest "friendly-looking" threats to FOSS in the technical sector currently. They've pretty much systematically destroyed every Sun asset's reputation. Basically just try to sueball or intimidate anyone/everyone they can. Sad thing is, it's worked very well for their bank accounts. Schadenfreude it may be, but I'll cheer on any black-eye to their reputation I can.