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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.mathworks.com!EU.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: Linux, Bsd Against NT bullshit Message-ID: <E4GnrJ.AI9@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <5c08da$r2t@nntp1.best.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:23:43 GMT Lines: 19 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:1909 In article <5c08da$r2t@nntp1.best.com> vss@best.com writes: >Why not Linux and Bsd merged so that it can become a >big force against NT. Because most of the developers of Linux and BSD do it for fun, and like the systems they have produced, and don't regard competing against NT as a priority. You can't expect other people to throw away lots of their work - which is what would be needed - in order to further *your* goals. >Do Linux & FreeBsd Developers talk to each other ?! Yes, in various tones of voice :-) -- Richard -- "The Socialists had many branches in America, and the deceased had no doubt infringed their unwritten laws" - A Study in Scarlet