Re: The latest instance in the A20 farce

Gerhard Mack (gmack@innerfire.net)
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:21:15 -0800 (PST)


On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> "Albert D. Cahalan" wrote:
> >
> > It looks like we let Microsoft fill the design guide void.
> > If you were to write "PC DESIGN GUIDE - For the Linux Operating
> > System" and a pile of test code, then there would be an
> > alternative to point people at.
> >
> > Complaining is pretty useless.
>
> I was thinking about this today. If we write a Linux design guide, even
> as a delta spec, does anyone think it will be listed to?

I imagine linux has enough market share to get at least some of them to
listen to such a spec.
For better results you might see if the *bsd people would want to
collaberate on an open standard.

Gerhard

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Gerhard Mack

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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

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