On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 05:33:12PM +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > Hi, > > NOTE: No intention to behave like a troll. > > I've been following the "multi-threaded ssh/scp" thread and read Ted's > comment that he's stopped working on the kernel threads code because > he doesn't have the time for it nor does he need it any more. > Also that multi-threaded ssh/scp would weaken security features within the OS. > > It just led me to ponder, what is OpenBSD's ultimate goal?
I think it is to meet the developers' needs, and to provide them with a highly enjoyable (irrespective of remuneration) vocation. The rest of us are along for the ride, and we chip in to keep the ride going, because we like the ride. I haven't seen a developer come out and say that security, simplicity or stability are incompatible, in principle, with high performance, modern features and so on. I have seen certain developers make specific criticisms of specific measures, however. Having noted that projects which adopt certain such measures do not enjoy the same level of "amazing security and stability" as does OpenBSD, one may still refrain from drawing too general a conclusion from this circumstance. It still means that specific measures will be weighed one by one by developers against their own interests and priorities. (And one may still refrain from drawing the corresponding too general conclusion about the desirability of high performance and modern features.)
