Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 03:23:55 -0700 From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ken Thompson clarifies to ESR Message-ID: <19990508032355.F13770@best.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9905081415390.3500-100000@hp300.physics.iisc.ernet.in>; from Rahul Siddharthan on Sat, May 08, 1999 at 02:20:19PM %2B0530 References: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9905081415390.3500-100000@hp300.physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 02:20:19PM +0530, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > http://linuxtoday.com/stories/5722.html > > "i think the open software movement (and linux in particular) > is laudable." > > "... it is naive to think that linux has a hope of making a dent > against microsoft starting from way behind with a fraction of the > resources and amateur labor. (i feel the same about unix.)" > > "...the linux community is a lot nicer than the unix community. > a negative comment on unix would warrant death threats. with > linux, it is like stirring up a nest of butterflies." > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message Ken Thompson is awesome -- he is now in my .sig also ;) The coolest part: linux folks can't really argue with Thompson since he is _THE UNIX_ himself ;) -- Yan "My experience and some of my friends' experience is that Linux is quite unreliable. Microsoft is really unreliable but Linux is worse. In a non-PC environment, it just won't hold up. If you're using it on a single box, that's one thing. But if you want to use Linux in firewalls, gateways, embedded systems, and so on, it has a long way to go." - Ken Thompson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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