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To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Commerical applications (was: Development and validation 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 11:23:48 -0800
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>1)	Linux has ELF.

   Linux often wishes they didn't.

>2)	FreeBSD does not.
>3)	ELF is desirable

   ELF is a bloated abomination that has numerous architectural problems and
is good at making things slower.

>4)	Linux is doing something right that FreeBSD isn't.

   Yeah, they are better at marketing than we are. They've also been around
for two years longer than we have. All things considered, I think we're doing
rather well.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project