Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 08:25:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Book chapter on BSD published in Salon Message-ID: <20000518082500.E30627@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost> References: <4.3.1.2.20000516212344.0461bab0@localhost> <20000517163941.J22008@freebie.lemis.com> <39224C59.AE4BD2F1@softweyr.com> <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost> <20000518020859.B16497@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <4.3.1.2.20000516212344.0461bab0@localhost> <20000517163941.J22008@freebie.lemis.com> <39224C59.AE4BD2F1@softweyr.com> <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost>
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On Wednesday, 17 May 2000 at 12:09:36 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:38 AM 5/17/2000, Wes Peters wrote: > >> Greg Lehey wrote: >>> >>> On Tuesday, 16 May 2000 at 21:24:40 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: >>>> This one's worth a read, >>> >>> Indeed, I think it's one of the best I've seen in a while. >>> >>>> though it's somewhat depressing in that it takes the stance that the >>>> BSDs have irrevocably "lost" to Linux. >>> >>> I didn't see anything irrevocable there. >> >> In fact, there seems to be much discussion on whether Linux is better in >> any way, or even usable for that matter. > > Actually, some of the other chapters get into that more. The author has > a strong pro-Linux bias, and characterizes the BSDers as academics who > could develop software and coordinate their own projects but could not > evangelize, promote, or market. Ah. I only read the 5 chapters directly linked together, and I saw no pro-Linux bias there. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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