Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 15:03:19 -0500 From: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BSD Merger Announcement Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000310150025.00ce2440@mail.threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <v04220804b4ee43cb9f62@[194.78.234.238]> References: <38C810A4.BE0AD747@asme.org> <38C64924.FD9B7A5F@interlog.com> <38C810A4.BE0AD747@asme.org>
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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
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