From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon May 3 3:13: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from octopus.originative (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D6C150DA for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 03:12:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) Received: by octopus with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Mon, 3 May 1999 11:10:51 +0100 Message-ID: From: paul@originative.co.uk To: dg@root.com, junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Why is Linux Successful? - An Opinion. Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 11:10:49 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: David Greenman [mailto:dg@root.com] > Sent: 03 May 1999 10:02 > To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz > Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Why is Linux Successful? - An Opinion. > > > >I have received permission from the author of this article > to publish it > >on my website. This article was first published at UniForum > NZ 99 held in > >Rotorua, New Zealand 13-17 April 1999. It makes for > interesting reading. > >Some bits are quite funny. > > > >Regardless of what people think, I'm sure it will make for > interesting > >dicussion. > > > >I've submitted it to slashdot. > > > >Before you consider flaming, read the article. > > > >Enjoy. > > > > http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/linux.htm > > A heap of untruths and exaggerations. Like what specifically, there are some inaccuracies in there but I don't think it's deliberately misleading, he just doesn't seem to have the precise information on BSD that an insider would know about. Paul Richards To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message