From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 2 20:07:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA17196 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 20:07:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.3.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA17190 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 20:07:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (fpawlak@ferengal-1-7.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.128.7]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.9.0) id WAA04097; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:07:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA11713; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:07:15 -0500 Message-ID: <19981002220715.B11661@execpc.com> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:07:15 -0500 From: Frank Pawlak To: Brett Glass Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement References: <23307.907176696@time.cdrom.com> <36127E46.C50BA0DF@softweyr.com> <4.1.19981002190913.040f3b60@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981002190913.040f3b60@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:10:48PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 "At no time is the freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." --Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message