From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760456AbXFWRa7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:30:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757007AbXFWRav (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:30:51 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.183]:3473 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756105AbXFWRau (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:30:50 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OXPPYA4E9yJinq8mFaI7y/2FlGa2PpjoAVUQMieWy/IlQBOniMyN5fFGvWpdaV+tEk93NTyl6RrN/cnNTTlonvl56mEara3Xya/y4k7buZ0LLz9FCgFiP9Fzsp+9h4tT1rkupoiMlaCgzT5D3sfXJ4wXvmBcFKsevx14Gh3wpIQ= Message-ID: <467D58C2.6010909@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:00:42 +0530 From: jimmy bahuleyan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Torsten Duwe CC: Grozdan Nikolov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How innovative is Linux? References: <200706231417.16086.microchip@chello.be> <200706231812.02317.duwe@lst.de> <200706231819.43556.microchip@chello.be> <200706231842.00798.duwe@lst.de> In-Reply-To: <200706231842.00798.duwe@lst.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 OpenPGP: url=subkeys.pgp.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Torsten Duwe wrote: > On Saturday 23 June 2007, you wrote: > >> hmm, wasn't loadable kernel modules first implemented in SunOS 4.x [...] > Yes, but that was pretty cumbersome. You had to resolve the symbols in user > space, using a hopefully matching /vmunix. Linux was first to feature an > in-kernel linker and symbol table, IIRC. > building upon or improving existing technology is as important as inventing new things. if every one insisted on dreaming up new things, i doubt we would've accomplished anything significant (not just in OS, anywhere ;) > Torsten -jb -- Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.