Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 23:19:23 -0200 (EDT) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br> To: nik@iii.co.uk Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention on CNET news.com Message-ID: <199802040119.XAA07974@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> In-Reply-To: <19980203165158.39980@iii.co.uk> from "nik@iii.co.uk" at "Feb 3, 98 04:51:58 pm"
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#define quoting(nik@iii.co.uk) // From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 14:54:43 1998 // From: nik@iii.co.uk // Message-ID: <19980203165158.39980@iii.co.uk> // Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 16:51:58 +0000 // To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG // Subject: FreeBSD mention on CNET news.com // X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e // Organization: interactive investor // Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG // X-Loop: FreeBSD.org // X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe chat" // I haven't seen anyone else mention this yet, so: // // There I was, browsing through CNET's news.com when I stumbled upon a // reference to FreeBSD. It's in their "Source code for the masses" article, // and runs // // Ten years after its debut on the Internet, Perl remains // freely distributed. But unlike Linux, those who change // or extend the source code for Perl are under no // obligation to give their changes back to the keepers of // the core code base. However, it's a point of pride // among most code hackers to contribute their // innovations back into what Wall calls the "Perl cultural // freeware." // // The same is true with two other major freeware projects, // the Apache Web server and the FreeBSD operating // system, both Unix-based. FreeBSD is Linux's younger // cousin and counts an estimated 500,000 users, Younger ? It depends on your point of view... :) // according to David Greenman, principal architect on // the core FreeBSD team. // // The "Linux's younger cousin" comparison rankles somewhat, but it's better // than no mention at all I suppose. // // As is customary, kudos to -core, and everyone else who's contributed to // make FreeBSD the OS it is today. // // N // -- // --+==[ Nik Clayton is Just Another Perl Hacker at Interactive Investor ]==+-- // . . . and relax // Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 jonny@coppe.ufrj.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ/COPPE/CISI PGP fingerprint: 29 C0 50 B9 B6 3E 58 F2 83 5F E3 26 BF 0F EA 67
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