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From: Khan Klatt <khan@pacificrim.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 16:46:31 -0800
Organization: Pacific Rim Network, Inc.
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Curt Sampson wrote:
> 
> In article <0myX9U200YUf09B6Y0@andrew.cmu.edu>,
> Gerry S Hayes  <sumner@CMU.EDU> wrote:
> 
> >> So how many people do you know running just the Linux kernel,
> >> without any of those GNU utilities or shells?
> >
> >The same number as those I know who run Win95 without Microsoft Word
> >(Or Minesweeper, for that matter).  None.  So what? ... The GNU utilities
> >are some of the most useful applications for Linux....
> 
> Windows runs quite nicely without minesweeper. I'd like you to show
> me just what you do with a GNU/Linux system that doesn't have init,
> sh, ls, or any of those other `useful applications.'

I'd rather point out that Windows(95/NT) without "EXPLORER.EXE" or
Windows 3.1 without "PROGMAN.EXE" is as functional as Linux without (as
you say)
"init, sh, ls..."

The distinction is completely innane.

Linux as an OS is a good OS. Linux/GNU as system is a good system.

BSD as an OS is a good OS. BSD/(BSD/GNU) as a system is a good system.

Pick a better argument, like say

"NT as an OS is a good OS. NT as a system is a good system", and then
we'll have a fight on our hands.

Until then, find a better way to pick a fight.

-Khan