On Mon, 9 Jun 2014, John D. Verne wrote:
> From: John D. Verne <j...@clevermonkey.org>
> To: misc@openbsd.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:37:53
> Subject: Re: Vision 2020: Making OpenBSD the world's fastest OS
...
> > Probably the biggest reason OpenBSD will never be the fastest
> > OS around is the simple fact that when optimizing for speed,
> > you sacrifice other things. Like security. Security, or
> > correctness, means you are looking for the most reliable way to
> > do something, not the fastest. Mechanisms like pro-police (or
> > a new name for it?) are going to slow things down a little. I
> > think Theo said that all the security systems slow a system down
> > by less than 5%. I believe that. The effect isn't huge but
> > some would call that too much.
>
> Indeed.
>
> Good, fast, or cheap. Choose any two.
To go somewhat off-topic, I'm reminded of one of the quotes of the
late Chuck Yerkes:
Shirt, Shoes, Sober... -- pick two.
-- Chuck Yerkes
Chuck was a long-time contributor to this list and OpenBSD. The
above quote amuses me.
--
Dennis Davis <dennisda...@fastmail.fm>
