From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Mar 7 5:28: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F9FE14C45 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 05:27:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.9.1/frmug-2.3/nospam) with UUCP id OAA18346 for freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 14:27:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix, from userid 101) id 3498D883B; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:51:26 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:51:26 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what's in a name? Message-ID: <19990307135126.A37351@keltia.freenix.fr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199903061735.KAA01139@usr06.primenet.com> <36E2489F.D75CC0CA@uswest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <36E2489F.D75CC0CA@uswest.net>; from Nocturne on Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 01:36:31AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT/ELF ctm#5120 AMD-K6 MMX @ 200 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Nocturne: > to Linux. That's my arguement with Freenix, it's a quick-to-say > name. But I guess that's just spitting in a bitbucket... Freenix is already used (and has been for many years) although not as an operating system name. "Freenix", as I coined it back in '93 although it was "rediscovered" recently by USENIX, is a generic name for free UNIX systems. This is the name of an informal french free UNIX users group (look at my sig & address). -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #70: Sat Feb 27 09:43:08 CET 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message