From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 22 12:44:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA73811662 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:44:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id NAA25581; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:44:31 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990222134234.0400ce70@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:44:26 -0700 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: San Jose Mercury News In-Reply-To: <19990222144214.B25682@netmonger.net> References: <000301be5e61$32179ec0$6a6c4cd1@jackv.pacbell.net> <000301be5e61$32179ec0$6a6c4cd1@jackv.pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 02:42 PM 2/22/99 -0500, Christopher Masto wrote: >Does it ever occur to these reporters that Linux's success just might >have something to do with the fact that Microsoft products simply do >not work, and Linux does? If it were merely that, then FreeBSD would be equally successful -- more successful, in fact, as it it smore reliable. Timing, PR, and advocacy (though done largely by fanatics) allowed Linux to gain a foothold and eclipse the technologically superior BSD derivatives. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message