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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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