Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:18:44 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@time.net.my> To: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-VS-Linux---Some Venting from Linux's side! Message-ID: <01012616215901.17166@FreeBSD.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <000d01c0876c$1afc6460$aa240018@cx443070b> References: <20010125201654.28780.qmail@nw176.netaddress.usa.net> <000d01c0876c$1afc6460$aa240018@cx443070b>
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, you wrote: > > I have been seeing a FreeBSD-VS-Linux war on this mailing list and it > has > > disturbed me beyond tolerance. Which drove me to write this e-mail. > > So you've decided to join in. > > First I want to tell everyone that I love everything thats opensource and > free, that includes FreeBSD,Linux,OpenBSD and NetBSD. But my most loved OS > is > Linux for the following reasons. > > Linux isn't an OS. It's a kernel. That's like saying GNU HURD is my > favorite OS, or kernel32.dll is my favorite OS. How about io.sys is my > favorite OS ? > > > For its age Linux has gone farther than any other OS has, including > *BSD's. > >The BSD's have a history of 20+ years and you are trying to prove that its > >superior as compared to Linux? Give me a break! If they werent superior > even > >now, then they did not deserve to be used at all. > > FreeBSD Version 1.0 (December, 1993) Last time I checked 2001-1994 != 20 > > Not to mention the fact that your reasoning here is stupid. You say Linux > has done more in less time, yet it's still inferior to BSD, yet somehow this > is a reason to use Linux ? I have a Buick which will 0-35 faster than your > car, but it's top speed is 45 miles per hour. Would you rather have my > Buick or your car ? Going from 7th place to 5th place very quickly doesn't > mean a damned thing until you pass a few more people. You're still losing. > > >Plus Linux was written from > >scratch, even though it was derived from Minix it did not contain any > foreign > >source code. While the BSD's contained actual AT&T code for quite some time > >and then they built upon that when they 'migrated' to 4.4BSD. > > So now being derived from the original "Unix" is now a flaw ? It used to be > a claim to fame as I recall. > > > Linux has a more open model of developement as compared to any of the > BSD's. > > Open model of development ? > > >With the release of kernel 2.4.0 for Linux, its now an official gladiator > in the arena of > >Enterprise computing (although it is already running one of the most > heavily > >visited sites namely google.com,freshmeat.net...). > > What exactly is it about 2.4.0 that makes it Enterprise as opposed to the > previous versions of Linux ? Have you seen the benchmarks ? > > > > > Microsoft hates Linux's guts while it seems to embrace the BSD's, > > for this reason alone is Linux worth using! > > That is the stupidest thing you've said so far. So when Microsoft embraces > Linux, are you going to run to Solaris ? > > > Linux has done much to improve and its BETTER than NT (for some of you > falmers kind info). > > Better than NT ? Isn't that like the taller than Napoleon award ? Everyone > wins. > > > >And watch out, Linux is fast improving and *very* soon the BSD's might seem > redundant with Linux around! > > Might seem redundant ? Do you understand the term redundant ? Give me a > break. You're talking out your ass, spouting Linux advocacy bullshit on a > FreeBSD mailing list. Get the hell off this list and stop throwing your > Linux shit in my mailbox. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message This is not the proper channel, but anyway... I'm running 2.2.8-RELEASE and I'm considering it's FAR better than 2.4.0 Linux. am I using my brain before making such statement? -- /\_____ / ./__ / __/ < I do understand.. / ___/ / / ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *warf* *warf* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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