Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 10:43:57 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, cjclark@alum.mit.edu, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: The oirgins of FreeBSD (was Re: Unix 2000..). Message-ID: <20001001.10435700@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <200010010204.TAA18049@usr05.primenet.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 10/1/00, 3:03:47 AM, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote regarding Re: Unix 2000...: > > Four years... hmmm, correct me if I am wrong or partial: in four > > years, the FreeBSD Project not only developed a whole operating > > system, but also achieved technical excellence. > FreeBSD started from 386BSD ~ June of 1994. <discussion of the history of FreeBSD snipped> Yes, FreeBSD was certainly NOT started in 1997 :-) I was stressing the fact that, over a **span** of four years, the FreeBSD Project achieved[1] technical excellence. Since nobody has questioned that, I can safely assume it is fully true :-)) On the other hand, the FreeBSD Projects **sought** technical excellence (for those four years); or rather, it **has been seeking** technical excellence -- since the start of the Project /* up to now */ :-) [1] Past Tense "holistically" describing a "definite" past event, NOT Present Perfect: ie no "up-to-now" implication. One of the features of the English language I like most is the aspect of the action. It somehow reminds me of ancient Greek. But that's another story :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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