Re: reiser4 vs politics: linux misses out again

From: Rik Van Riel
Date: Thu Jun 30 2005 - 07:46:51 EST


On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 shevek@xxxxxx wrote:

> Reiser has chased around trying to respond to all your criticisms for
> how long now? A year?

The real test is in how comments are answered. Did comments
on reiserfs 4 get answered by changing the code to make it
more suitable for integration into Linux, or did the comments
get answered only with words ?

When you're discussing code, often the best answer to
criticism is a patch - not a dissertation.

--
The Theory of Escalating Commitment: "The cost of continuing mistakes is
borne by others, while the cost of admitting mistakes is borne by yourself."
-- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics
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