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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2724 comp.os.linux.misc:19784 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!wmichgw!31khoo From: 31khoo@wmich.edu (Patrick Khoo) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know! Message-ID: <1994Jul18.093302.19670@wmichgw> Date: 18 Jul 94 09:33:02 EDT References: <30drlt$7tc@news.u.washington.edu> Organization: Western Michigan University Lines: 38 In article <30drlt$7tc@news.u.washington.edu>, tzs@u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes: > I realize I'm treading on dangerous ground here, since I'm going to > mention {Free,Net)BSD and Linux in the same post, but something > puzzles me. From what I've read (I've not had a chance to try any > of these systems yet--I'm still shopping for hardware to try them > out), {Free,Net}BSD are Berkeley-like (duh!) and Linux is closer to > System V. > 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. History is changing? > > Hence, I would expect {Free,Net}BSD to be overwhelmingly more popular > than Linux. Yet, based on the volume of posting on the net, the number > of FTP sites that carry each system, and the number of CD-ROM places that > I've seen selling each, it seems the Linux is by far the winner in the > popularity contest. > > What is going on here? > > --Tim Smith Very simple Tim, Anyone and i mean Anyone can work on Linux development. The development is open and releases are fast (blazingly fast kernel releases!) As opposed to Free/NetBSD. As such, a hacker would prefer Linux, where he/she can hack and get updates fast. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ __ __ __ _ _ Khoo, Beng Teck \#\ /#/ |##\ /##| |#| |#| KBT PSI 1993 <:) \#\ __ /#/ |#\#\/#/#| |#| |#| Faith, Hope and Love \#\/##\/#/ |#|\##/|#| |#|__|#| Fortis Atque Fidelis \##/\##/estern |#| ~~ |#|ichigan \######/niversity "X93KHOO@WMICH.EDU" ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~ "31KHOO@WMICH.EDU" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------