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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!gw1.att.com!nntpa!not-for-mail From: dyson@inuxs.inh.att.com (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <DJ2IBL.71t@nntpa.cb.att.com> Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: inuxs.inh.att.com Organization: AT&T References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49o2n2$t4e@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <49osrd$ptg@times.tfs.com> <49rm0g$o8o@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 15:14:09 GMT Lines: 22 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30014 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10239 comp.unix.advocacy:12062 comp.unix.misc:20015 In article <49rm0g$o8o@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu>, BENJAMIN A LINDSTROM <bl03@uwrf.edu> wrote: > >Soo..As I said...the way Linux and *BSD operate differently. <shrug> >I doubt Linux will ever totally move to the FreeBSD method of kernel >hacking unless Linus decides to move that way (or there is a major >uprising.=) > So then finally, someone who uses Linux is admitting that the Linux kernel development at least is not open and free. Sounds like a monarchy to me. (FreeBSD is somewhere between monarchy and anarchy :-)), and the FreeBSD kernel is unencumbered with GPL. The approach used in FreeBSD has allowed for very quick development even in the face of the Net/2 thing and the slow start from 386BSD. I think that FreeBSD is really doing pretty well... John dyson@freebsd.org