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From: jpatrick@crl.com (J. Heather Patrick)
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!
Date: 19 Jul 1994 20:01:22 -0700
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In article <Ct7vBu.E4w@eskimo.com>, Phil Hughes <fyl@eskimo.com> wrote:
>
>When I was watching development of BSD and Linux (as a nerd -- I ran BSD
>before Linux) I saw a significant difference is what was happening. Linux
>development was much more open. People were encouraged to add code
>because it was popular or good, not because it was BSD. This is not to say
>that BSD wasn't better (I don't really care) just that the decision to be
>more open results in support for more code.

Yeah.. there's some good stuff coming out for linux. I just wish that 
Linux programmers would realize that their programs aren't really just 
Linux(unlike their MS-DOS days), they can also be used in a wide variety 
of other UNIX's out there. And as such, they should share them with more 
than just the linux crowd