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Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know!
Message-ID: <DHOLLAND.94Jul18130918@husc7.harvard.edu>
From: dholland@husc7.harvard.edu (David Holland)
Date: 18 Jul 94 13:09:18
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tzs@u.washington.edu's message of 18 Jul 1994 12:13:49 GMT said:
> Historically, these classes of people have preferred Berkeley Unix
> to System V. System V appealed to the corporate world, where what
> was important was a supported Unix.
If my Linux system had a "System V" feel, I'd have thrown it out ages
ago.
The system calls favor the SysV conventions; the rest, meaning the
user and admin programs, has a decided BSD slant, because that's what
everybody in his right mind prefers. :-)
Some people use some SysVish tools; others don't.
--
- David A. Holland | "The right to be heard does not automatically
dholland@husc.harvard.edu | include the right to be taken seriously."