From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 9 06:47:43 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA23289 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 06:47:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [208.221.12.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA23273 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 06:47:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA04663; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 06:45:22 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199902091445.GAA04663@implode.root.com> To: Nadav Eiron cc: pechter@shell.monmouth.com, Wes Peters , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Women in FreeBSD ( was Re: Is there a reseller program?) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:43:19 +0200." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 06:45:22 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> > Wes Peters wrote: >> > >> > Yeah, I'm so manly I converted her. >> > >> > (From VMS to FreeBSD. To the best of my knowlege, she was not and >> > is not a lesbian.) >> >> I've got one observation... >> >> >> Interesting how many Ex-VMS types move to FreeBSD instead of Linux. >> Anyone have any idea as to what that reason is... >> >> I've got mine -- the fact that VMS is an operating system rather than >> a kernel and a different distribution. > >I don't think so. At least that's not my reason. I think it's a matter of >market segment it aims at: VMS aims at servers that need to run without a >crash for years, and that's what FreeBSD excels at as well. For what it's worth, I was a long-time VAX/VMS guy prior to getting involved with BSD Unix. Several other core members also have significant amounts of VMS in their history. I'm not sure this says anything in particular, but I think it's interesting nonetheless. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message