Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 16:49:03 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention on Charlie Rose program Message-ID: <20000109164902.C515@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20000108132012.A2853@marder-1>; from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:20:12PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001072035090.36215-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> <200001080244.TAA24742@usr09.primenet.com> <20000108132012.A2853@marder-1>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Saturday, 8 January 2000 at 13:20:12 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 02:44:16AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >>>> Charlie Rose asked him a leading question about "Linux Torvalds >>>> has stated that if he'd known about FreeBSD, he'd never have >>>> created Linux; what's your reaction to that?". >>> >>> When did Linus state that? >> >> Presumably, before Charlie Rose quoted him. >> > > IIRC, what Linus actually said was, "If FreeBSD had appeared 2 years > earlier, then Linux would never have happened". This is closer to what I recall. > Doesn't Linux pre-date FreeBSD? Yes. This statement might have done, too. I think he was referring to freely available BSD in general. 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-advocacy" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000109164902.C515>