Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:07:15 -0500 From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement Message-ID: <19981002220715.B11661@execpc.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981002190913.040f3b60@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:10:48PM -0600 References: <23307.907176696@time.cdrom.com> <36127E46.C50BA0DF@softweyr.com> <4.1.19981002190913.040f3b60@mail.lariat.org>
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On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:10:48PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 12:53 PM 9/30/98 -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
>
> >Linux compatibility is one of the
> >most important features of FreeBSD. As the market for commercial Linux
> >applications grows, so does the market for commercial FreeBSD applications.
>
> History has proven exactly the opposite. The introduction of Windows
> application support in OS/2 actually accelerated its demise. If FreeBSD
> starts billing itself as "a better Linux than Linux" it will fall into
> precisely the same trap and will never catch up.
>
> --Brett
Bingo!!
--Frank
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his thumb with a hammer."
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