Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:20:54 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, Andy Newman <atrn@zeta.org.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A successor to CSRG (was: 4.4BSD) Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.990127082028.5643C-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <19990127104014.R66239@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 26 January 1999 at 18:06:18 -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 07:24:59AM +1100, a little birdie told me > > that Andy Newman remarked > >>> I can't believe the hype Linux is getting, though. It's being touted > >>> as a cure for warts, wrinkles, and hangnails. > >> > >> The thing that pisses me off is they think they invented it all (Unix). > > > > Gaah... you're not kidding. > > And it's fanned out so far. > > I can't count the number of times I've (patiently, calmly) said the > > words, 'No, Unix is not like Linux, Linux is like Unix', and had to > > explain what I mean... > > Then hear 'Yeah, but Unix was never popular like Linux is...' > > Well, that's right. Think about it in terms of number of users. So, SunOS is king then? Jamie Bowden -- If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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