From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 30 21:28:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mailgw00.execpc.com (mailgw00.execpc.com [169.207.1.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34394153BA for ; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:28:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamilton@pobox.com) Received: from woodstock.monkey.net (mercury-1-74.mdm.mkt.execpc.com [169.207.87.74]) by mailgw00.execpc.com (8.9.1) id XAA18194; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:28:40 -0500 Received: from pobox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woodstock.monkey.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B6D0A0; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:29:09 -0500 (CDT) To: Brett Glass Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interesting article on Linux and BSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:59:15 MDT." <4.2.0.58.19990830215758.046f2420@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:29:09 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton Message-Id: <19990831042909.2B6D0A0@woodstock.monkey.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <4.2.0.58.19990830215758.046f2420@localhost>, Brett Glass wrote: } There's an interesting editorial on Linux and BSD at It's not really. It's about Linux, and mentions FreeBSD, BSD/OS and BSDs in general. And its mentions of them are generally in a positive light. } http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/column/0,4712,2321752,00.html } } Participants on this list may want to read it and jump } into the Talkback, where the "Linux Faithful" are (of course) } attempting to put down BSD UNIX. Which part did you read with such a chip on your shoulder that you think anyone is attempting to put down BSD? ~In fact, for integrators with customers who want to add their own particular ~twist to operating system level functionality, the BSD operating systems are ~a better choice than Linux. But, for reasons having more do with timing and ~marketing, and nothing to do with technical superiority, the BSD operating ~systems labor in relative obscurity. Hopefully you don't object to what was said in the part I quoted above, which is not in any way out of line with the tone of the rest of the article. That's what you've been trying to beat people over the head with in a much more annoying manner for a long time. The article does mention in-fighting among UNIX vendors causing problems and losses in market share, but there's nothing inaccurate or finger-pointing about saying that. Your agenda is showing rather badly. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message