From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Aug 31 17:30:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.twcny.rr.com (mail1-0.nyroc.rr.com [24.92.226.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD45014E58 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:30:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reichman@twcny.rr.com) Received: from twcny.rr.com ([24.95.188.113]) by mail1.twcny.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.2 release 221 ID# 0-53939U80000L80000S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:29:41 -0400 Message-ID: <37CC75D5.35EDB227@twcny.rr.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:39:49 -0400 From: "Mark S. Reichman" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD, the follower of Linux ? References: <37CB916C12C.56BBFOXFAIR@drago.cert.org.tw> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I must say reading this article kinda gets to me. I have been using FreeBSD for about 4 yrs now. In fact I was using FreeBSD before I even heard about Linux. I love using this operating system and was weened on it while getting my CS degree. I must say after reading and reading for years that it is time to stop promoting the "we're following in the footsteps of Linux" spiel. Regardless of any truths or untruths to the statement. The article says things like this: Article: You might call FreeBSD the other Linux. Me: Then again, you might not. Article: Like Linux, FreeBSD is an operating system modeled after Unix. Me: Uh.. Like Greg Lehey says in "The Complete FreeBSD" 3rd Edition pg 9 bottom right, Linux is a kernel. I say, a complete Linux Distribution is like FreeBSD because FreeBSD is UNIX. Article: Hubbard says FreeBSD is content to be a follower, while Linux breaks the trail for free software. "We're letting them walk through eight feet of snow first, "Hubbard said. Penguins, it seems, are better at that sort of thing than demons. Me: I am not sure this kind of promotion is in anyway good for FreeBSD. I would rather not hear it at all, let alone over and over in every other article I read comparing FreeBSD and Linux. The longer FreeBSD promotes itself as second, the more burn-in of that statement will result. I must admit though, I dont talk to Oracle or make it to the West Coast for LinuxWorld, FreeBSDCons or Freenix events. I dont see it all like Jordan. He definetly has the big picture. I do think the above article statement is old and getting older. I would like to hear more positive things. I have seen Jordan make statements of how he thinks FreeBSD is the best operating system and how he doesnt think FreeBSD is getting the recognition it deserves. More of this kind of attitude and talk is what FreeBSD needs, not analogies to snow and Penguins no matter how funny penguins look. :) Foxfair Hu wrote: > > FYI: > > http://www.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisSlug=TECB29 > > and Jordan said "we were the snobs!" *sneaking :p > > -Foxfair. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- \|/ (@ @) +-----------oOO----(_)-------------------+ | Mark S. Reichman | | reichman@twcny.rr.com | | Radar Tech/Oracle Developer/Programmer | +-------------------------oOO------------+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message