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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2000 08:25:00 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Book chapter on BSD published in Salon
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On Wednesday, 17 May 2000 at 12:09:36 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 01:38 AM 5/17/2000, Wes Peters wrote:
>
>> Greg Lehey wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 16 May 2000 at 21:24:40 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
>>>> This one's worth a read,
>>>
>>> Indeed, I think it's one of the best I've seen in a while.
>>>
>>>> though it's somewhat depressing in that it takes the stance that the
>>>> BSDs have irrevocably "lost" to Linux.
>>>
>>> I didn't see anything irrevocable there.
>>
>> In fact, there seems to be much discussion on whether Linux is better in
>> any way, or even usable for that matter.
>
> Actually, some of the other chapters get into that more. The author has
> a strong pro-Linux bias, and characterizes the BSDers as academics who
> could develop software and coordinate their own projects but could not
> evangelize, promote, or market.

Ah.  I only read the 5 chapters directly linked together, and I saw no
pro-Linux bias there.

Greg
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