From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 23:57:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE7E106567B for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 23:57:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mdh_lists@yahoo.com) Received: from web56807.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web56807.mail.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.97.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64EE68FC16 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 23:57:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mdh_lists@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 88199 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Nov 2008 23:31:04 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=d4sAgy1lnoU7GNWMrVeK3grc7ZKKcpj2KMnaYQYDEz7h2sPEpXlTfZ7IDmSePXBVu6iwG4j1DOZIVcEWtlJJBH3FIwA6DlRpKPGa+S+e+11D8jz/I76o6QxmtB9LeTJAtfhi5L1fiOi7S/MKAduv7XKbIK/y2D5CGKy6EjozOek=; X-YMail-OSG: iHuKszYVM1k9bajP5zxlm5QpvkzSMUg3dRDNmi6VaSVFDRPAM8A- Received: from [71.61.220.126] by web56807.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:31:03 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 16:31:03 -0700 (PDT) From: mdh To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <490CD879.8010805@evilphi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <478853.88188.qm@web56807.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:12:32 +0000 Subject: Re: Would Linux exist without the Internet? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mdh_lists@yahoo.com List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:57:46 -0000 --- On Sat, 11/1/08, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > From: Darren Pilgrim > Subject: Re: Would Linux exist without the Internet? > To: "Jayton Garnett" > 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