Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 16:32:55 -0400 From: Glenn Sieb <ges+lists@wingfoot.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questionable statement in article Message-ID: <41168DF7.2090601@wingfoot.org> In-Reply-To: <20040808202351.GV87690@submonkey.net> References: <1091989450.570.2.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> <20040808202351.GV87690@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies said the following on 8/8/2004 4:23 PM: >On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 08:24:10PM +0200, Joel Dahl wrote: > > >>From >>/usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.html: >> >>"BSD can execute Linux code, while Linux can not execute BSD code. As a >>result, more software is available for BSD than for Linux." >> >>The last sentence can't be an established fact that's measurable in >>numbers, or am I wrong? No big deal, but why not just cut it down to: >> >>"BSD can execute Linux code, while Linux can not execute BSD code." >> >> > >I don't think anyone has actually counted, but it's essentially a >tautology: > For code(bsd) > 0, code(bsd) + code(linux) > code(linux). > But this only holds as long as code(bsd) > code(linux) to begin with.... no? Do we know for a fact that code(bsd) > code(linux)? I know I've been hard pressed to find software from vendors that was marketed as being developed for BSD, as opposed to Linux or Solaris, etc.... Best, G.home | help
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