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Date:      Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:10:26 +0000
From:      Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
To:        Atom Smasher <atom@smasher.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle
Message-ID:  <CADLo838E5S5%2BzhP9JhTTSAzvR9rSVvb=oPcp=VjjHnMWRJA2EA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1201180928400.21214@oreo.lan>
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On 17 January 2012 20:30, Atom Smasher <atom@smasher.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Chris Rees wrote:
>
>> > what percentage of linux devs are on salary to develop linux?
>> >
>>
>> You're not comparing like with like.
>>
>> Linux is not an OS; FreeBSD is.
>>
>> Are you talking about Linux? Debian? Red Hat?
>
> ================
>
> linux is, in fact, an operating system.
>
> debian, red hat, ubuntu, gentoo, etc are distributions of that OS.

No.  Linux is, in fact, not an operating system.  It is a kernel.

You can't compare a *project* with a kernel.

You could compare a *distribution* with a project, hence my email.

Chris



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