Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 17:58:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Tani Hosokawa <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>, jcwells@u.washington.edu, brett@lariat.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Targeting the server: Not such a good idea? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9910081757580.23494-100000@avarice.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <199910090053.RAA01748@usr09.primenet.com>
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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > Which is really belied by Tim's company's own actions, with > regard to publication of Linux vs. BSD materials, IMO. > > This is a situation where he publically holds one opinion, but > acts in contravention of that opinion. > > Linus has consistently, in recent times, played a political role > as an anti-Microsoft crusader, using it as a rallying point to > attract ever more support for Linux. > > Tim's organization, through their publications, has demonstrably > demonstrated, through a preferential support of Linux, support > by proxy for this position, while claiming at the same time that > BSD represents a superior server OS. > > One could argue either that one of these contradictory views > must be falsely held, or that he's torn between philosophy (BSD) > and following the money (Linux). Do you know how many submissions they get for BSD related books compared to how many submissions they get for Linux related books? --- tani hosokawa river styx internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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