Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:26:48 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT vs Linux vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990714142422.0455d7e0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990713234618.95939A-100000@shell-2.enteract. com> References: <4.2.0.58.19990713223011.044ee920@localhost>
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At 11:49 PM 7/13/99 -0500, David Scheidt wrote: >> Wrong. Their distribution is one CD-ROM. Walnut Creek's is four. > > > >So what? They have to avoid the Walnut Creek compilation copyright. >Big deal. Do they have a code base that isn't the FreeBSD CVS repository? >If they don't, they aren't a different distribution than FreeBSD, Inc's. > >David Scheidt That's not what makes a different distribution. As with Linux, the kernel and even the userland environment can be identical! All that's needed to distinguish a distribution is a different set (or subset) of utilities, a different setup program, different bundled application programs, and/or a different default configuration. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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