From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jul 28 9:42:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4898B37BBE2 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:42:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA23980; Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:40:22 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000728103733.04b7e510@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:40:15 -0600 To: j mckitrick , Rahul Siddharthan From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Linux kernel and FreeBSD neck and neck? Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000728133500.C58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20000728180020.A13337@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000728124727.A58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000728173235.A13136@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000728131956.B58850@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000728180020.A13337@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 06:35 AM 7/28/2000, j mckitrick wrote: >I guess my only concern is whether we can stay ahead or differentiated >enough to not be left behind. I know FreeBSD will always make a great >server, but Linux could (will?) catch up. And FreeBSD doesn't have the desktop >flexibility to compete with Linux in that arena. But i certainly don't want >to sell ourselves short or underestimate the core developers. BSD's enduring advantage -- one that Linux will likely never share -- is ethical, business-friendly, programmer-friendly licensing. Technical advantages may narrow to the point where they will only be obvious to experts, but the licensing will remain BSD's big edge. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message