From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Mar 8 7:50:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from goblin.apana.org.au (goblin.apana.org.au [203.3.126.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D73CF37B718 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 07:50:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by goblin.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA21172; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 01:50:36 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from bryden.apana.org.au(203.3.126.129), claiming to be "roadrunner" via SMTP by goblin.apana.org.au, id smtpdy21170; Fri Mar 9 01:50:26 2001 Message-ID: <000801c0a7e7$9ed1afc0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> From: "Doug Young" To: "Bill Schoolcraft" Cc: "Victor R. Cardona" , References: Subject: Re: About Unix (meeting someone's parents:) Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 01:51:18 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I guess I should have explained that "HUMBUG' in this context means "Home Unix Machine Brisbane Users Group". No doubt they would have preferred to replace the unix with linux but then it wouldn't sound the same. > dougy->Probably the most negative experience I've had with linux was on a local > dougy->mailing list belong > dougy->"HUMBUG". The inhabitants there are generally so fanatic that any non-linux > dougy->user stumbling > dougy->into the group has to either swear undying allegiance to Linus or be forever > dougy->damned :) > dougy-> > > ........... I had felt the same when I first joined them. The funny > thing about running other Unix distro's that were around BEFORE > Linux is that once inside of either *BSD or Solaris etc, you seem to > notice familiarities. > > That reminded "me" of meeting the parents of an old friend once, > I immediately saw where this person got there hair color, attitude > and stature. This is no different than Linux, which inherited a > little of the Unix OS's before it. So when I hear Linux people say > "BAH, Humbug" to Unix, I chuckle on the little bit of history they > are missing out on. > > I have become a better Linux admin as a result of running *BSD, and > Solaris, and using HP-UX at the local college. > > -- > Bill Schoolcraft > PO Box 210076 -o) > San Francisco CA 94121 /\ > "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v > http://forwardslashunix.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message