[openbeos] Re: OBOS Security
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 20:43:18 CEST (+0200)
Ingo wrote:
> I must have missed this half. Any examples?
>
> IMHO technical arguments alone should be the guide to the decision
> whether or not true multi-user will be implemented. The fact that it
> will be a lot of work doesn't really count, at least it sounds a bit
> schizophrenic in a group coding an OS. Things like a serious hit to
> media performance was one -- before it is properly analyzed I won't
> belief this though -- or the nessecity of breaking binary
> compatibility
> (in case it should be maintained at that point) was another one.
I completely agree with this one.
And that could also be used as the final word on this: we'll do it as
good as it is possible, later in R2 :-)
What we should do now, however, is to encourage developers to make sure
their apps won't break in a multi-user environment. ATM this mainly
means the use of find_directory() over hard-coded solutions.
Adios...
Axel.
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