From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Mar 11 7:35: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E32037BC54 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 07:35:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tech_info@threespace.com) Received: from dallas ([12.73.250.223]) by mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.31a 201-229-119-114) with ESMTP id <20000311153459.XFLE24363.mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net@dallas> for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:34:59 +0000 Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000310150025.00ce2440@mail.threespace.com> X-Sender: tech_info@mail.threespace.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 15:03:19 -0500 To: FreeBSD Chat From: Technical Information Subject: Re: BSD Merger Announcement In-Reply-To: References: <38C810A4.BE0AD747@asme.org> <38C64924.FD9B7A5F@interlog.com> <38C810A4.BE0AD747@asme.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 01:33 AM 3/10/00 , Brad Knowles wrote: > For whatever reason, Linux can have eleventy bazillion > distributions, and yet all of them can still be viewed as "Linux", and > therefore there is no apparent internal fracturing. > > There are just four major different versions of BSD that I am > aware of, and while their differences are more on par with Linux > distributions than anything else, they still get their heads served to > them on a platter for not pulling together. > > I just don't get it. This is because the Linux camps, from Slackware to Redhat to Debain and beyond, all pay homage to a single deity (i.e., Linus Torvalds). There is no such figure in the BSD camp, and the CSRG at UCB just isn't gonna cut it. --Chip Morton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message