Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:53:10 -0500 From: David Leimbach <leimbacd@bellsouth.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Alla El Gohary <allaelgohary@bftech.co.eg> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why Linux Message-ID: <01073018531000.00855@mutt.home.net> In-Reply-To: <20010730163458.A17252@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <000801c1185a$9d82c1c0$1e64a8c0@bftech.com.eg> <20010730163458.A17252@xor.obsecurity.org>
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The reason Linux took off instead of FreeBSD probably goes back the the AT&T lawsuit. There were some issues over the word UNIX and some other stuff that was settled when Novell bought Unix from AT&T. At approximately the same time Linux was born and had none of the legal implications of the *BSD's. People like Alan Cox have admitted they "almost" tried FreeBSD. So it seems it was all a matter of timing. Even Linus cites the lawsuit in his book Just for Fun. Don't buy it... Just go to a bookstore and read that page. :) Dave On Monday 30 July 2001 18:34, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 09:16:39PM +0300, Alla El Gohary wrote: > > I've been using FreeBSD for more than 3 years,I implemented various > > network services at numorous locations including database applications on > > PostgreSQL installed on FreeBSD FreeBSD is extremely stable ,nearly NO > > ADMINISTRATION needed . > > I tried redhat LINUX its ok but its stability is not compared to that of > > FreeBSD Why is it spreading that fast and FreeBSD is not ? > > Why VHS and not Beta? Why PC and not Mac? Why Coke and not Pepsi? > > Kris ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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