Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!eng.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!newton.burton.frostburg.md.us!newton.burton.frostburg.md.us!not-for-mail From: brian@newton.burton.frostburg.md.us (Brian Burton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Linux vs. BSD?! Date: 2 Mar 1995 22:02:46 -0500 Organization: none Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3j60sm$61j@newton.burton.frostburg.md.us> References: <3ira54$7vq@quandong.itd.adelaide.edu.au> <3j04a0$sfu@deep.rsoft.bc.ca> <3j0fch$j72@fido.asd.sgi.com> <3j0qv0$ai3@deep.rsoft.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: newton.burton.frostburg.md.us In article <3j0qv0$ai3@deep.rsoft.bc.ca>, Curt Sampson <a09878@giant.rsoft.bc.ca> wrote: >In article <3j0fch$j72@fido.asd.sgi.com>, >Larry McVoy <lm@slovax.engr.sgi.com> wrote: > >>I'm running the Linux kernel that is a few weeks old. I regularly load >>binaries off of CDs and run them. The binaries are 1-2 years old. > >This is hardly proof that the Linux community will continue to >maintain backward compatability, much less develop the system in the >way you wish. While the Linux development community is going your >direction, you get a free ride. As soon as you or they decide to >change direction slightly, you're back to paying someone to go the >direction you want. > This is true of every piece of software. You have no control over the actions of others unless they work for you. I don't see your point. It sounds as though you're desires are unrealistic and you're doomed to disappointment.