Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:06:45 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Matthew Cashdollar <mattc@rfcnet.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More ignorance about BSD.. Message-ID: <199804111906.NAA17967@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <19980411135646.54588@rfcnet.com>
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At 01:56 PM 4/11/98 -0500, Matthew Cashdollar wrote: >This guy really badmouths RMS, but I think his comments about BSD >falling apart were probably just out of ignorance rather than malice. > >Ignorance seems to be the number one problem with the Linux people. >They will all agree that "Linux is better than FreeBSD." but they can't >come up with any reason why and 99% of them have never even used a BSD >system!! Agreed. My personal take is that the BSD movement did not gather as much steam as Linux because IT WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME. The timing of Linux just happened to be better, so it garnered more press and more recognition. This should change. Again, it's time to form a team and raise money to support it -- perhaps via the marketing of books, disks, and/or technical support. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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