From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Jun 13 3:14: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD00737B401 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 03:13:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f5DADll46523; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 03:13:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Brett Glass" , Subject: RE: Evan Leibovitch on BSD Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 03:13:47 -0700 Message-ID: <002001c0f3f1$888ec620$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010612123523.04476a30@localhost> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brett Glass >Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 11:36 AM >To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Evan Leibovitch on BSD > > >The article at > >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2772296,00.html > >subtly suggests that there must be something wrong with BSD's philosophy >or licensing because GPLed software (in particular, Linux, KDE, etc.) is >the focus of more and more prominent startups. (Needless to say, as >someone who has a strong vested interest in Linux, he's not exactly >unbiased.) It's probably worth setting him straight in in the TalkBack. > Do that. However, the fact is that Linux is more popular than FreeBSD. There's still a lot of people in the computer industry that only care about pure installed base numbers, and nothing anyone can say is going to affect their opinion of which is better. In their view, as long as FreeBSD is "behind" Linux in numbers, there IS something wrong with it. Arguing on that line of logic is basically validating their point of view that if the score wasn't important, then why is there a scoreboard? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message