Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:42:49 +0000 From: j mckitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Merger Announcement Message-ID: <20000310234249.D37838@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <8absv4$mma$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>; from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de on Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 11:28:52PM %2B0100 References: <38C64924.FD9B7A5F@interlog.com> <38C810A4.BE0AD747@asme.org> <v04220804b4ee43cb9f62@[194.78.234.238]> <8absv4$mma$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 11:28:52PM +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> wrote: > > I've made it a habit to simply refer to "BSD" and only be more > specific when required. I've also made sure to explicitly say "Red > Hat", "Debian", etc when specifically talking about features of > those, rather than saying "Linux". And from what I observe in my > Linux-centric environment, that is paying off. I've started doing that as well. And i remind people politely that RedHAt Debian, Slackware, and all the rest are different from each other in subtle but important ways. But i always say 'i run BSD Unix on my computer' and if people ask details, i may say FreeBSD. But BSD is easier anyway. :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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