From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 16 05:31:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BDAB16A4DF for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:31:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94C643D4C for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:31:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n15so573801nfc for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:31:30 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:to:subject:from:content-type:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:user-agent; b=lynkWqEwDkbRNnybaLVXTsEQwTNSd5nM4xsNt3ORJnE0vT3/nUDd08+TenA7ZyCHHJBsnSiXCXKJVWGQGQ1/ATAAVXn7rLr6sr/pAJ7Bzwt5pdIKAxitnLdID7xqzHHBUqAgq5XHAJzeYxn7eilOSEcRdHTOkiSr1ilezJbYrB8= Received: by 10.49.8.15 with SMTP id l15mr261872nfi; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:31:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carpet ( [82.93.23.199]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id o9sm1891950nfa.2006.08.15.22.31.24; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:31:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:31:22 +0200 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org From: "Martin Tournoij" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.00 (FreeBSD) Subject: BSD4.3 Greatest piece of software according to informationweek. X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:31:32 -0000 http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D= 191901844 "So there you have it: The single Greatest Piece of Software Ever, with = = the broadest impact on the world, was BSD 4.3. Other Unixes were bigger = = commercial successes. But as the cumulative accomplishment of the BSD = systems, 4.3 represented an unmatched peak of innovation. BSD 4.3 = represents the single biggest theoretical undergirder of the Internet. = Moreover, the passion that surrounds Linux and open source code is a = direct offshoot of the ideas that created BSD: a love for the power of = computing and a belief that it should be a freely available extension of= = man's intellectual powers--a force that changes his place in the univers= e." Something to say to the linux-thugs who believe that linux is _THE_ = perfect operating system!