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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!bowl.news.pipex.net!pipex!halon.vggas.com!news From: JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 4 Feb 1997 16:32:59 GMT Organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5d7obr$ddl@halon.vggas.com> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32EA25AB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <m2zpxxtagf.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> <32EE6844.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <E504AI.Jsu@bigbird.telly.org> <32F54717.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <5Pp9y0gTzz1B091yn@ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: uriel.vggas.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.8 (x86 32bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:155962 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2218 In article <5Pp9y0gTzz1B091yn@ibm.net>, mouth@ibm.net says... > >This is the seductive trap of the absolute freedom that BSD lovers crave. >Since it can be abused, it will be abused, and since BSD advocates have >propounded and demanded absolute freedom, they have no right to complain >when abuse occurs. That's why it's called "absolute," as in "having no >restriction, exception, or qualification." Of course, in BSD terms, this is not abuse! -- James Youngman VG Gas Analysis Systems |The trouble with the rat-race Before sending advertising material, read |is, even if you win, you're http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html|still a rat.