From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John S. Denker" Subject: Re: netlink tester program Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:20:56 -0400 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3EDC1418.6080808@monmouth.com> References: <20030602140452.039248de.rddunlap@osdl.org> <20030602.145619.71112623.davem@redhat.com> <3EDC0915.1080109@monmouth.com> <20030602.193853.112598236.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20030602.193853.112598236.davem@redhat.com> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org I wrote in part: > > There's no point in writing code if few people > use it. On 06/02/2003 10:38 PM, David S. Miller wrote: > > People use this "undocumented" area of the kernel every > time their machine boots up. That's not inconsistent with what I was saying. Mr. Miller said people use it. That's true. Some people use it. I said few people use it. That's true. The context of my original statement was: > Linux is hanging in there at a few > percent market share. That's not going to grow > unless there is better documentation. This is supposed to be open-source software, n'est-ce pas? Software that is copylefted but not documented is open according to the letter of the law, but lacks the spirit of openness. Mr. Miller is very smart and has spent years getting up to speed in this area. Is the code to be open only to those who are equally smart and willing to invest equally huge amounts of time? When people ask for help in understanding the code, it might mean they need help in understanding the code.