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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4438 comp.os.linux.misc:31780 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!henson!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!jjs From: jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: BSD vs. LINUX Date: 13 Dec 1994 19:23:45 GMT Organization: University of Calfornia at Riverside Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3cksc1$jhv@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <KSTAILEY.94Dec8195010@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov> <3cikvv$2lq@mail.fwi.uva.nl> <3cip2g$1um@galaxy.ucr.edu> <3ckqoe$hgc@ivory.lm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dostoevsky.ucr.edu In article <3ckqoe$hgc@ivory.lm.com>, Peter Berger <peterb@telerama.lm.com> wrote: >In article <3cip2g$1um@galaxy.ucr.edu>, >Joe Sloan <jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu> wrote: >>I don't think so. Your analogy would infer, sir, that linux is just a >>crippled variant of UNIX, some sort of watered-down "UNIX for beginers"... > >Actually, his analogy doesn't infer that at all. It implies it. OK, OK... point well taken... >>The fact is, Linux is quickly becoming the Hackers's OS of choice. >Oh. I'll alert the media. It seems that the secret is already out, but your willingness to help is appreciated... -- jjs@wintermute.ucr.edu / You can't figure out how to A linux machine! because a 486 / ACCELERATE your Windoze NT box? is a terrible thing to waste! / -9.8 m/s^2 works quite well!!!