From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Oct 22 18:32:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C90837B401 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:32:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from boyes.its.utas.edu.au (boyes.its.utas.edu.au [144.6.1.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817BF43E4A for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:32:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nweeks@utas.edu.au) Received: from twister.aims.private (advanc36.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.130.22]) by boyes.its.utas.edu.au (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA05068 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:32:52 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:32:52 +1100 From: Nigel Weeks To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Linux and FreeBSD compared Message-Id: <20021023123252.7697fb4e.nweeks@utas.edu.au> Organization: University of Tasmania X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I recently heard a comparison between Linux and FreeBSD that just cracked me up. It goes something like this: How would you describe the differences between Linux and FreeBSD? Ok. You've won a car. Completely free - no cost involved. Two Choices: Daiwoo SunSport twin-turbo, quad-cam, fuel-injected, 500cc engine with triple extractors, triple harmonic balancers, 7 air bags, 43 speaker sound system, full-time 5-wheel drive, (each wheel tuned for different road surfaces and conditions), three distinct SatNav systems that argue about where you should go, and an air conditioning that implements breezes as concealed draughts(but reported by the climate control as a posix-compliant breeze), or Ferrari Testarossa with a rope handle on the inside that you pull to get out I'm not sure how much of it's accurate, but I found it funny. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message