Date: 25 Jun 2001 16:30:40 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Kevin Lyons <klyons@corserv.corserv.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: winDriver selling fbsd Message-ID: <xzp4rt4einj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20010625161724.C69225@lpt.ens.fr> References: <200106250254.VAA26281@corserv.corserv.com> <xzpbsnd184p.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010625153535.A69225@lpt.ens.fr> <p05100317b75cef8f05b4@[194.78.241.123]> <20010625161724.C69225@lpt.ens.fr>
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Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> writes: > Brad Knowles said on Jun 25, 2001 at 15:56:32: > > That's a good question. First off, they don't sell FreeBSD > > itself. BSDi didn't sell FreeBSD itself. Walnut Creek didn't sell > > FreeBSD itself. What they all have sold (and WindRiver continues to > > sell) are certain products related to FreeBSD. > That's a nitpick. It's like saying Red Hat doesn't sell Linux, but a > CD set relating to Linux. Bad analogy. RedHat have a *lot* more control and influence over the distro they sell (and even the Linux kernel itself) than either WC or BSDI ever had over FreeBSD. > True. But I don't think the correct reaction is to call the > questioners idiots. I did not! DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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