Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 09:56:40 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: paul@originative.co.uk Cc: dg@root.com, junkmale@xtra.co.nz, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is Linux Successful? - An Opinion. Message-ID: <372DC738.D316BCAC@softweyr.com> References: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FF23@octopus>
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paul@originative.co.uk wrote: > > > -----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. Many of the untruths are about Linux, not FreeBSD. The idea that anyone can put code into Linux, for instance. Go back and read the interview with Alan Cox at Linux Weekly News, where he admits one of the gating factors for getting 2.2 out the door were long gaps where Linus was not available to commit patches. So, in order of who can ACTUALLY add code, we have FreeBSD with ~200 committers (the core team isn't the only body that can commit code, they're the reviewers and arbiters) and Linux with 1. Which is more likely to get bottlenecked during heavy crunches? Which is glacial at getting releases out? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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