Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 13:56:40 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reiser and BSD. Message-ID: <15116.2024.409793.438009@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010523190002.A4150@zerogravity.kawo2.rwth-aachen.d> References: <3B0BE858.F738854C@asme.org> <20010523190002.A4150@zerogravity.kawo2.rwth-aachen.d>
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Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> types: > Thus spake Pedro F. Giffuni (giffunip@asme.org): > > > freaking jealousy stuff. I developed for Linux not BSD because BSD had > > these sorts of inner clicques (and also that Linux shipped a fully > > free OS first)." > > > I have no idea of what he's talking about, but it sounds... funny. I > > seems that when people don't find technical arguments they just make > > up some reason to justify their decisions. > > It even means that they invent new facts (_Linux_ (Linux is the kernel > only, not a fully shipped OS) ... first). > > I didn't know, Linux predated the first BSD. Linux came out with a "complete" system while BSD was tied up in lawsuits. I think FreeBSD 2.0 was the first version of FreeBSD that was free of the possibility of lawsuits from the holders of the Unix copyright. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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