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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!junkie.gnofn.org!not-for-mail From: craig@gnofn.org (Craig Johnston) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 27 Jan 1997 22:35:29 -0600 Organization: Greater New Orleans Freenet Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5cjvmh$oon@junkie.gnofn.org> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <m23evrulla.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> <32EA25AB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <m2zpxxtagf.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: junkie.gnofn.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154585 comp.os.linux.networking:66349 comp.os.linux.setup:94175 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5755 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2055 In article <m2zpxxtagf.fsf@desk.crynwr.com>, Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> wrote: >"John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> writes: > >> I guess that the lack of evangelizing by FreeBSD people is probably >> due to many of our careers being so long, that we have seen OSes >> come and go, and we know that the "answers and tools" of today are >> going to be the curiosities of tomorrow. > >Um-hum. Sure. I guess the lack of evangelizing by FreeBSD people is >because they don't understand the necessity for it. Here's a clue, >John: Bill Gates understands it. Linux users understand it. That's >why FreeBSD is going to be a footnote in the history of free software. Alas, FreeBSD people lack the "conquer the world" mentality of your predicated Linux users, or of Bill Gates. A pity. >If you don't like this, and you think FreeBSD is so wonderful, then >how about improving Linux so it's as good as FreeBSD? There is NO Why? FreeBSD is already as good as FreeBSD. I think it's a misconception that the fragmentation here is a bad thing or hurts one or the other camps. I tend to think we're better off as we are. Why don't the Linux people instead make FreeBSD as popular as Linux, instead? ;) -- Craig Johnston, Sysadmin, Greater New Orleans Freenet, breaker of MS boxes. Speaking for myself and all that good stuff. Contents may be flammable. Free net access for New Orleans and the Northshore -- http://www.gnofn.org Hooked on Daemonics! http://www.FreeBSD.org -- 4.4BSD-based OS for 386+ PCs