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Date:      Wed, 16 May 2001 12:04:55 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "Joseph A. Mallett" <jmallett@xMach.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
Cc:        Alex Zepeda <jazepeda@pacbell.net>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Opera ports to QNX but not BSD
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010516120239.0533f980@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105161030390.29956-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET >
References:  <20010516123443.B49269@lpt.ens.fr>

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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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