From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 30 08:45:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA28929 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:45:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA28909 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:45:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA17374; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:45:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199810301645.KAA17374@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: BSD - Linux ?? In-Reply-To: <19981030173557.A18795@cityip.co.za> from Johann Visagie at "Oct 30, 98 05:35:57 pm" To: wjv@cityip.co.za (Johann Visagie) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:45:09 -0600 (CST) Cc: robh@molienergy.bc.ca, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Johann Visagie said: > On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 at 13:34 SAT, 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. > > Completely separate, coming from an entirely different lineage. This month's Performance Computing has a nice little article written by our own Jordan Hubbard comparing at a high level the two. Great job, Jordan! Unfortunately, at the same time, they're having a "Name our new Linux Column contest". Maybe we should submit "Free Computing" or some such under the false hope that the press will pay attention to anything but the Linux Gorilla. http://www.performance-computing.com/features/9810of1.shtml Paul. -- Why did the blonde climb the glass wall? --to see what was on the other side. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message