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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 17:59:32 -0500
To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: Commerical applications (was: Development and validation
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Nate articulated....

>
>Plus, the entire move to ELF was *NOT* done with the users best interest
>in mind.

Nothing in Linux is done with consideration of its impact on the
general community.....

>
>> 1)	Linux has a large number of willing bodies
>> 2)	FreeBSD complains of a dearth of bodies.
>> 3)	Allocation of bodies to the projects is based on the
>> 	interaction of the social organism with the larger society.
>> 4)	Linux is doing something right that FreeBSD isn't.

Linux has much fewer pieces that work well than Freebsd.

Having a good product is fairly meaningless without the right
marketing. FreeBSD has more "good" things than BSDI, and 
they're doing pretty well....

Dennis