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Date:      Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:18:31 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Project status
Message-ID:  <20030205111439.N84870-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
In-Reply-To: <3E415F72.DDCCE09@mindspring.com>

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On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Terry Lambert wrote:

> "Pedro F. Giffuni" wrote:
> > I was misguided by the article then, sorry for the
> > mistake. I tried an old version of IRIX and it didn't
> > seem BSD-like so I find it easier to believe you.
>
> You weren't wrong, Pedro.  System V is 40% BSD based; therefore
> any code that is System V-based is also BSD-based.
>
> I can state this to a certainty, as someone who has worked for
> USL.

BSD derived doesn't equal BSD, Terry, and you know it.  SysV may have BSD
code in some of its internals, but it's a whole different critter from a
user and administrative standpoint.

Jamie Bowden

-- 
"It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold"
Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur"
Iain Bowen <alaric@alaric.org.uk>



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