Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 16:31:03 -0700 (PDT) From: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Would Linux exist without the Internet? Message-ID: <478853.88188.qm@web56807.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <490CD879.8010805@evilphi.com>
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--- On Sat, 11/1/08, Darren Pilgrim <phi@evilphi.com> wrote:
> From: Darren Pilgrim <phi@evilphi.com>
> Subject: Re: Would Linux exist without the Internet?
> To: "Jayton Garnett" <jayton.garnett@gmail.com>
> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
> Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 6:30 PM
> Jayton Garnett wrote:
> > Would the Internet exist without BSD?
> > No.
> >
> > Would Linux exist without the Internet? :)
> > No.
>
> By extension: Linux wouldn't exist without BSD. :)
I've seen a quote around attributed to Linus Torvalds, stating something along the lines of "If I'd known about 386BSD back then, I probably wouldn't have created Linux."
So an inverse is true, as well - Linux wouldn't exist with BSD. Or something.
- mdh
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