From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Oct 6 16:18:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24968 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:18:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mrmell (ppp5723.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.198.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24899 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:18:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: (from tim@localhost) by mrmell (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA28853; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:21:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Message-ID: <19981006192122.A28765@mrmell> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:21:22 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Frank Pawlak , Brett Glass Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement References: <23307.907176696@time.cdrom.com> <36127E46.C50BA0DF@softweyr.com> <4.1.19981002190913.040f3b60@mail.lariat.org> <19981002220715.B11661@execpc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19981002220715.B11661@execpc.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 10:07:15PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 10:07:15PM -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote: > > > > History has proven exactly the opposite. The introduction of Windows > > application support in OS/2 actually accelerated its demise. If FreeBSD > > starts billing itself as "a better Linux than Linux" it will fall into > > precisely the same trap and will never catch up. > > Bingo!! I almost thought you guys were serious for a second. Then I remembered that the second question the last person I converted to FreeBSD(*) asked was "Do you have Linux emulation?". Folks... Free software is not a zero-sum game. Commercially-driven, by comparison, is. If Linux emulation lets FreeBSD serve its (_its_) users better, if Linux emulation makes FreeBSD a better citizen in the grand opera of operating systems, then it is my opinion that FreeBSD should stand-up and take this opportunity and even responsibility. I don't think most FreeBSD developers would want anything less. They are, after-all, not here to make IBM's shareholders a profit. (*) Actually, he's decided to wait a couple weeks for 3.0 since he needs a CAM-only device. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message