From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 30 16:48:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from imf07bis.bellsouth.net (mail307.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.58.167]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06F5737B403 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:48:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leimbacd@bellsouth.net) Received: from mutt.home.net ([65.81.103.47]) by imf07bis.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.01.01 201-252-104) with ESMTP id <20010730234929.RIFX17916.imf07bis.bellsouth.net@mutt.home.net>; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 19:49:29 -0400 Received: (from dave@localhost) by mutt.home.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f6UNrA701193; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:53:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dave) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: David Leimbach To: Kris Kennaway , Alla El Gohary Subject: Re: Why Linux Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:53:10 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <000801c1185a$9d82c1c0$1e64a8c0@bftech.com.eg> <20010730163458.A17252@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010730163458.A17252@xor.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01073018531000.00855@mutt.home.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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