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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux Vs FreeBSD
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:03:11 -0700
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Erik Vasaasen wrote:
] Try downloading one of the later 1.3 linux kernels - The 1.2 series
] is soon a year old. Somehow I doubt the FreeBSD kernel configuration
] holds much of a candle against 'make xconfig' (if you have tk) and
] 'make menuconfig' (if you don't have X/tk).
You are also comparing new, alpha-level Linux code against older
FreeBSD code.
To be fair, you would need a snapshot of my home machine.
Unfortunately, it doesn't have any configuration software, to
speak of, since it is an alpha-level system.
That demand-loads kernel modules so that it doesn't need any
configuration software.
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] Linux is a moving target, and not just because of the large user
] and developer community. There are also the rising number of
] commercial distributions, who earn enough money to pay for
] things as certificates and full time programmers. Because of
] the GNU licence they simply can't take the Linux kernel /
] GNU toolkits, improve them, and then refuse to release their
] improvements back into the developer community.
FreeBSD is also a moving target, and not only because the average
BSD developer is 10 years older than the average Linux developer,
with the 10 years more experience that goes with it. Because of
the BSD license, people can make money off of improvements while
they offer them competitive advantage, and then release them
back to the developer community so they don't have to do ongoing
code maintenance. Because they can make money, the can afford
to pay for things like certificates and full time programmers.
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The purpose of this thread was not silly advocacy arguments, it
was cooperation. Perhaps you've misinterpreted it? Note that
it's posted to *.misc groups, not *.advocacy groups, and then
maybe we can start over.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.