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Date:      Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:16:04 -0500
From:      "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG." <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Rob Horstman" <robh@molienergy.bc.ca>
Subject:   Re: BSD - Linux ??
Message-ID:  <199810292317.SAA31871@laker.net>

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On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:34:40 -0800, Rob Horstman wrote:

>Hi, Just wondering if you can settle a small bet we have going in the
>office here.
>
>Is FREE BSD a "flavor"  of LINUX or is it a completely seperate entity.
>
>If you can assist, it would be greatly appreciated.

FreeBSD is NOT, NEVER WAS, NEVER WILL BE LINUX.  It IS Berkely UNIX, in
spite of anything any stupid lawyer could possibly say (as if they even
understood the difference between right and wrong).

LINUX is actually only a kernel with utilities coming from GNU.  Linux
certainly has it's place in the sun. Congrats to all those involved. 
But for me, having 22 yrs in this business, and several years and
flavors of UNIX, FreeBSD is the ONLY choice.  BTW, this sort of
question should be addressed to -advocate, not -questions.
Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes.



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