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Date:      Wed, 17 May 2000 18:28:26 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Book chapter on BSD published in Salon
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At 04:55 PM 5/17/2000, Greg Lehey wrote:

 >> 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.
>
>Ah.  I only read the 5 chapters directly linked together, and I saw no
>pro-Linux bias there.

There is a very strong pro-Linux bias in his writings. He states in some
places, and implies in others, that the BSDs are doomed to relative
obscurity compared to Linux. What's more, he believes Stallman's
propaganda instead of looking beyond it and recognizing RMS's true
intentions.

--Brett Glass



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