From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 17 17:28:57 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 2D56337BA83; Wed, 17 May 2000 17:28:51 -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 SAA21398; Wed, 17 May 2000 18:28:34 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000517182639.00bd1be0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 18:28:26 -0600 To: Greg Lehey , Wes Peters , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Book chapter on BSD published in Salon In-Reply-To: <20000518082500.E30627@freebie.lemis.com> References: <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost> <4.3.1.2.20000516212344.0461bab0@localhost> <20000517163941.J22008@freebie.lemis.com> <39224C59.AE4BD2F1@softweyr.com> <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost> <20000518020859.B16497@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <4.3.1.2.20000516212344.0461bab0@localhost> <20000517163941.J22008@freebie.lemis.com> <39224C59.AE4BD2F1@softweyr.com> <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 04:55 PM 5/17/2000, Greg Lehey wrote: >> Actually, some of the other chapters get into that more. The author has > > a strong pro-Linux bias, and characterizes the BSDers as academics who > > could develop software and coordinate their own projects but could not > > evangelize, promote, or market. > >Ah. I only read the 5 chapters directly linked together, and I saw no >pro-Linux bias there. There is a very strong pro-Linux bias in his writings. He states in some places, and implies in others, that the BSDs are doomed to relative obscurity compared to Linux. What's more, he believes Stallman's propaganda instead of looking beyond it and recognizing RMS's true intentions. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message