Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 18:00:40 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: dyson@freebsd.org Cc: hahn@neurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu (Mark Hahn), joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, groudier@iplus.fr, hackers@freebsd.org, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Unices are created equal, but ... Message-ID: <16036.829530040@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Apr 1996 17:07:13 CDT." <199604142207.RAA00341@dyson.iquest.net>
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> How's about maintaining competition, and working to make the respective > U**X clone better competitively. Competition helps keep each party > honest!!! Just to make a general point here, and *not* to continue the flame war, I think John's absolutely right. Consider, for a moment, if FreeBSD or Linux were the only free operating system. Who would drive us? The commercial vendors? Unlikely, since we could simply escape that comparison by saying "hey, we're free and they're not!" With the current situation, there is _significant_ motivation to not fall too far behind in contrast with the other group - sort of like two brothers growing up where one can run just a little faster than the other. Each will be constantly motivated to try and win the next foot race by pushing himself that much harder, the loser being motivated in turn to redouble his efforts. I honestly cannot imagine a world where there was only one free OS to choose from, and I think things have actually worked out far better than I'd have even dared hope. Jordan
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