Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 13:26:48 -0500 From: Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com> To: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ken Thompson on Linux Message-ID: <19990504132648.A25339@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905041400090.56725-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>; from Seth on Tue, May 04, 1999 at 02:04:41PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905040951060.56303-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905041400090.56725-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>
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> I don't know whether this is the sort of stuff we want to repost (to avoid > the "hey, you're bashing a fellow free-source project!" accusations), but > it's interesting coming from such a well-respected authority. I wonder > whether his comments would apply to the FreeBSD effort as well. My guess > is "no", seeing as we've got common (directly descended? That tree still > confuses the hell out of me) roots. Actually my guess is that he would have similar comments (but perhaps a lot less harsh). Remember that Ken Thompson has been working on Plan 9 and Inferno for quite sometime now (I remember reading about Plan 9 in college in '88). Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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