Re: Re: Check this out

> "running a crap shareware program" ?
> no, apps cannot crash the linux OS directly. they may be mean very high load
> which can crash unstable hardware/drivers (like the scrolling with netscape
> using the buggy S3 vga driver). yes, win2k may be ok, but win98 crashes
> several times by applications, due to common memory space (app A can trash
> app B's or even kernel's memory) and memory leaks everywhere.

You just said before that some drivers running in the user space could 
crash the system...

>>That's one of the thing I don't like with GPL. It's a virus, and as a 
> 
> I also don't like GPL, like LGPL better, but it doesn't matter here.

Yes it does. Because I think the GPL nature of the kernel will make 
Linux always a niche thing. Because the drivers will be halfway to 
completeness.