Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 23:56:45 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: eT <eT@KryptoKom.DE> Cc: FreeBSD Advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what's in a name? Message-ID: <19990303105727.PIOI682101.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <36DD15A7.DB479EDB@kryptokom.de>
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On 3 Mar 99, at 11:57, eT wrote: > you know, this whole lin*x thing has me baffled. ... i am wondering > why linux has a larger user/suport base in the first place? could it be that > the word linux just 'sounds' more like a friendly operating system than > FreeBSD? and that because of this new users are more susceptible to > using it? From what I understand, it's a matter of time. Linux has been around longer. Well, I guess I should say, available longer. FreeBSD was caught up in copyright issues for a while. As far as I'm concerned, the name isn't an issue. It's the quality. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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