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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2327 comp.os.linux.misc:12951 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!illuminati.io.com!nobody From: redman@illuminati.io.com (Mr. Self Destruct) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 7 Apr 1994 21:38:51 -0500 Organization: Illuminati Online Lines: 40 Message-ID: <2o2g3r$fj9@illuminati.io.com> References: <CMzw69.92K@tower.nullnet.fi> <MAGNUS.94Apr3194958@haukugle.ii.uib.no> <2nnjcb$pdo@larch.cc.swarthmore.edu> <2nob90$dlq@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: illuminati.io.com In article <2nob90$dlq@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, lilo <lilo@slip-10-11.ots.utexas.edu> wrote: >On 3 Apr 1994 23:27:07 GMT, Randolph G. Brown (brown@cs.swarthmore.edu) wrote: > >> Frankly, I think it's good in the long run that we now have _3_ >> distinct evolving free-unix communities --- the cross-fertilization >> will be good for all three, at least for a while. Their work does us >> all good, and the loss of one community will harm us all. > >> Please don't stop. > >That's so true....what we have here is a case where three separate groups of >people have each done a major service to the free-unix community as a whole. >The only result is that "competition" produces a stronger desire to put out >a better product--which I think is a very good thing. But I'd rather view >the situation as "three success stories" than concentrate on the competitive >aspects. > >Thanks again very much to all concerned! > >lilo hear, here. here we have three dynamic groups of people working toward the same goal. after looking into all that goes into writing something like just the kernel, let alone all the other stuff, i have to say that these groups have made such a major undertaking and not a one has failed. that's saying a lot. each group contributes to the greater good of the user. this is how it should be. this is really what open computing is about. i'd rather be able to get something as soon as it's available, then wait for some of these Messy-DOS and Windoze companies to hype a product up, make pretty pictures for the boxes, spend so much on hype that they have to charge you an arm, a leg, and several vital organs so you can have the privilege of running there stuff on your box. hype and a nice package don't mean you have a great product. they just mean that someone is getting paid well for making things look nice. redthing