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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.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <4ajflt$ip@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49rm0g$o8o@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <DJ2IBL.71t@nntpa.cb.att.com> <4ah39c$mt3@klaava.helsinki.fi> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 08:49:01 GMT Lines: 24 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30137 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10331 comp.unix.advocacy:12130 comp.unix.misc:20059 BTW, this is my second followup to your posting... Linus, I will try to clarify my position -- there have been historic misconceptions about the *BSD efforts in general. Perhaps part of it is the lawsuit thing, I don't really know -- but the comments about the "closedness" of FreeBSD are simply not true. Since Linux is often used as one of the paragons of openness -- I simply used Linux as a point of comparison. If I said that Linux is bad or junk -- I apologise, but that was not the intent. There are differences between FreeBSD and Linux and relative aspects of freeness or openness. Hopefully, the straw-man of openness will go away and we can continue the friendly competition based upon the important virtues of the OSes -- that is stability, portability and performance. Of course there are terms of use, that each user needs to decide whether or not the license terms are appropriate for their application. I might be at Usenix -- and don't take offense or "hate" me. The position that I have taken in these discussions is to defend FreeBSD, and has made me a "hatchet man." I just wanted to keep some strange "net-perceptions" from becoming "net-truth" again. John Dyson