Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:06:35 -0400 (EDT) From: James Howard <howardjp@Glue.umd.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Jonathan Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Opposing" the "competition" (was: FreeBSD spokesman (was: So what happens to FreeBSD now?)) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107052055510.27983-100000@y.glue.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010705124136.N371@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
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On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Greg Lehey wrote: > Guys, when will you learn that times change? GNU isn't our > competition, it's part of our cultural space. If you are *really* so No. I first came to FreeBSD when I wanted to learn some programming stuff. Ever try to read GNU code? It is painful. I learned to write socket code from FreeBSD's finger implementation. And of course, supreme simplicity of the ports system is beautiful. There is no match anywhere else. And FreeBSD's stability is jaw dropper. In five years, I have seen FreeBSD systems crash less than a dozen times. FreeBSD is really beautiful OS. There is no better way to describe it. With that in mind, there is no sense in not blowing away the competition. And the GPL is a big, big target on the back of Linux. It is an easy way to strike fear in the hearts of others. Do not look a gift horse in the mouth :) Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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