From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Jun 11 14:47:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from nwlynx.network-lynx.net (nwlynx.network-lynx.net [63.122.185.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D6B37B401; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:47:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Don@Silver-Lynx.com) Received: from Silver-Lynx.com (doze-1.network-lynx.net [63.122.185.106]) by nwlynx.network-lynx.net (8.11.1/8.9.3/Who.Cares) with ESMTP id f5BLlBj55968; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:47:11 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from Don@Silver-Lynx.com) Message-ID: <3B253C5D.C7850D9@Silver-Lynx.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:47:09 -0600 From: Don Wilde X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Crist Clark Cc: chat@freebsd.org, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Article in Information Security Magazine References: <3B25310D.2E6571B@globalstar.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > The author, Pete Loshin, makes is sound as if a *BSD is the natural > progression from using a Linux flavor. Thinking about it, I do notice > a lot of people on *BSD mail lists who say they used to use Linux and > now use a *BSD, but seldom hear the reverse (with the exception of people > who have to use Linux at work for some reason or another). I wonder > how much movement there is between the two camps... not that every > person necessarily has to be a card-carrying Linux- or *BSD-zealot > and not have some appreciation for a variety of projects/products. I myself started with "Work Group Solutions" and Slackware Linux distros, but a consultant was brought in at my company who installed 2.0.5 FreeBSD, threw everything but the kitchen sink on it (on a 486!), and then left it in my hands. I tossed the WGS and have never looked back. On our NM users group mailing list (NMLUG@swcp.com) our BSD users group got folded into the Linux group because the guy who had been holding the BSD candle discovered he had kids to be responsible for. The LUG group hardly budged to make room for us, but I note that most serious users and question answerers now are BSD folk. Some users try to keep a hand in both camps but they end up suffering because they never learn enough about either. -- Don Wilde http://www.Silver-Lynx.com Silver Lynx Embedded Microsystems Architects 2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 505-891-4175 FAX 891-4185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message