Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 21:15:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@nvl.virginia.edu> To: Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone read THIS one? Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.980510211235.13841E-100000@huron.nvl.virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980508173207.27938A-100000@orion.webspan.net>
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Open Systems Networking wrote: > > http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/0,5,18652,00.html > > The same is true with two other major > freeware projects, the Apache Web server > and the FreeBSD operating system, both > Unix-based. FreeBSD is Linux's younger > cousin and counts an estimated 500,000 > users, according to David Greenman, > principal architect on the core FreeBSD > team. > > Uhh YOUNGER cousin? BSD's heritage is FAR older than linux itself by some > 15+ years. And we are not related. We have a BSD family. Linux doesn't :) > Where did this guy get this information. And I thought david never gave > out figures? Yes, I just did and dashed of a piece of mail sumarizing the history of BSD and its relative age to v6 and the BSD sources. Adrian -- adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| If I were stranded on a desert island, and System Administrator --->>>| I could only have one OS for my computer, Neurosurgical Visualization Lab ->>| it would be FreeBSD. Think about it..... http://www.nvl.virginia.edu/ ->| http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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