Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:34:44 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Lanny Baron <lnb@freedom.cybertouch.org>, cjclark@home.com, Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net>, ulairi@jps.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT vs Linux vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990714142755.04765a40@localhost> In-Reply-To: <378CD6E5.5662FBFD@softweyr.com> References: <199907030108.VAA24907@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <4.2.0.58.19990713151423.0447bc20@localhost> <4.2.0.58.19990713223011.044ee920@localhost>
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At 12:28 PM 7/14/99 -0600, Wes Peters wrote: >But it's still FreeBSD. Regardless of whether you buy the WC 4 disk set >or the CheapBytes 1 disk set, you get the same kernel, the same configuration >files, the same libraries, the same operating system. By that definition, Red Hat and Caldera would be the same distribution. > > > > >So does Pacific HiTech in Japan. Did you have a point to make? > > > > Yes, but clearly it was too subtle for some folks to catch. > >No, you thought you had a point to make, but you were mistaken. The Cheap- >Bytes FreeBSD disc is roughly equivalent to disc 1 from Walnut Creek, But it is not identical. It contains a different installation program and a different selection of third-party applications and utilities. This is the same distinction which exists between Linux distributions. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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