Too bad there wasn’t a “Like” or “+1” button for mentioning Chuck Yerkes. Must be 10 years since he died.
gg — [email protected] PGP Key ID DB8BF93C On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:06 AM, Dennis Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2014, John D. Verne wrote: > >> From: John D. Verne <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> 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 <[email protected]>
