Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 13:20:12 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention on Charlie Rose program Message-ID: <20000108132012.A2853@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <200001080244.TAA24742@usr09.primenet.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001072035090.36215-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> <200001080244.TAA24742@usr09.primenet.com>
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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". Doesn't Linux pre-date
FreeBSD?
> ar ar ar.
Isn't this the sound a penguin makes? :)
>
> Terry Lambert
> terry@lambert.org
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