From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 17 11:10:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1180F37BBC7; Wed, 17 May 2000 11:10:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA17066; Wed, 17 May 2000 12:09:47 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 12:09:36 -0600 To: Wes Peters , Greg Lehey From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Book chapter on BSD published in Salon Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list In-Reply-To: <39224C59.AE4BD2F1@softweyr.com> References: <4.3.1.2.20000516212344.0461bab0@localhost> <20000517163941.J22008@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message