Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 10:07:50 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: Joachim Dagerot <freebsd@dagerot.nu>, Freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does Bill Gates own any of those Linux distributions firma? Message-ID: <20030704100750.A19979@barryg.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <0BA767E3-AE36-11D7-9A53-0030656DD690@foolishgames.com>; from luke@foolishgames.com on Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 11:41:57AM -0400 References: <1057295518.15507.6.camel@big.dagerot.com> <0BA767E3-AE36-11D7-9A53-0030656DD690@foolishgames.com>
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On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 11:41:57AM -0400, Lucas Holt wrote: >Before the antitrust trial, Bill Gates did own SCO Stock. I don't know >if he was forced to sell it or not. Bill or another family member may >still own stock in SCO. Microsoft sold most of its SCO stock long before the Caldera buyout, and if I remember correctly, never owned more that 15%. >As for me, I chose FreeBSD over linux on my server simply because I >have faith in Unix. Its time tested. Linux on the other hand tends to >be a war of personalities.. and the kernel shows it. It didn't hurt my >feelings that Apple uses FreeBSD code in Mac OS X either. If you want personality wars, how 'bout openbsd/netbsd :-). Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Bagdikian's Observation: Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" on a ukelele.
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