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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2766 comp.os.linux.misc:20019 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!olivea!decwrl!nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com!not-for-mail 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 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [login: guest] Lines: 15 Message-ID: <30i422$i21@crl.crl.com> References: <30drlt$7tc@news.u.washington.edu> <Ct5qpn.G6E@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <Ct7vBu.E4w@eskimo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl.com 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