Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:15:07 +0100 From: Lars Koeller <lkoeller@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de> To: "Larry Dolinar" <LARRYD@bldg1.croute.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: question: Unite or Die? Message-ID: <199611210915.KAA07761@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de> In-Reply-To: LARRYD's message of Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:38:35. <13FACFD14032@bldg1.croute.com>
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In message <13FACFD14032@bldg1.croute.com>, "Larry Dolinar" writes: >>From: Edward Ing <edward.ing@utoronto.ca> > >dennis wrote: >> My question is why have two OS rather than one REALLY good one? >> Why dont programmers,hackers,develepors of both teams unite to write the >> ultimite OS? >> Why the two teams mock at each other? Dont they see the danger in front of >> them? > >I think you take the "mock" thing a bit seriously; however distasteful you >may find it, it's not confined to this corner of the net, or society. It is >an extremely difficult thing to get many personalities involved in ANY kind >of development, much less Un*x. That the FreeBSD team handle it as well as >they do is a tremendous credit to them. > >Apart from the other comments about the development approach, Linux is >SystemV-ish, FreeBSD BSD-ish. These two approaches are not entirely Hmmmpf. Linux want's to be SystemV-ish, but it's more a hermaphrodite cause there are a lot of BSD is utilities on it. To be SystemV-ish is a bit more than to have this confusing init-file structure. >compatible, ask anyone using Sun's products (we do, both kinds). > >Additionally, there is no such thing as the "ultimate OS" in my opinion. We >use a lot of Novell and NT at my work, and the Internet flame war of those two (and their followers) is also somewhat reprehensible. If anything, take >solace in the fact that progress continues to be made on many fronts. >Idealism is a wonderful thing, but some pragmatism must figure in as well. > >best regards, >larry Ciao Lars -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet: | Lars Koeller Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.Uni-Rostock.DE | Department of Physics ftp://odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de | University of Rostock PGP-key: | Germany http://www.nic.surfnet.nl/pgp/pks-toplev.html | ----------- FreeBSD, what else? ---- http://www.freebsd.org ------------
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