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At 08:32 AM 5/16/2001, Joseph A. Mallett wrote:
  
>I love how these are versions of linux they're porting to:
>SGI IRIX 6.5 or better 32 bit
>Sun Solaris for x86 and Sparc
>FreeBSD 3.4 x86
>OpenBSD 2.6 x86
>SCO UnixWare 7.1
>SCO OpenServer 5.0.5
>NetBSD 1.4

When someone calls Solaris or FreeBSD a Linux distribution,
you KNOW that he or she does not have a clue. (This seems
to be a gaffe most often made by marketroids at trade
shows, but I've seen software company execs do it.)

--Brett

"FreeBSD.... Whose Linux distribution is that?" 

-- Borland representative at LinuxWorld Expo 2000
   in New York City -- in a booth directly across
   from the Walnut Creek/BSDi booth


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