From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Sep 9 11:51: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mail.tucows.com (mail.tucows.com [208.229.216.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4066A14E7A for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:51:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from arthur@tucows.com) Received: from Arthur.Linuxberg (starwars.linuxberg.org [208.229.216.41]) by mail.tucows.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA27589; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:50:59 -0400 Received: from localhost (arthur@localhost) by Arthur.Linuxberg (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00313; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:50:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Arthur.Linuxberg: arthur owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:50:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Arthur H. Johnson II" X-Sender: arthur@Arthur.Linuxberg To: Mark Ovens Cc: Bill Fumerola , "Chris D. Faulhaber" , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More press In-Reply-To: <19990909193124.A280@marder-1> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Im sure he knows it. "Windows 2005: Now includes a command processo Arthur H. Johnson II http://www.linuxberg.com Linuxberg Manager arthur@tucows.com On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 01:20:18PM -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > > > [redirected to -advocacy where this belonged first off] > > > > On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote: > > > > > There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD: > > > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html > > > > > > Not too in-depth, but it gives a good quick overview, calling FreeBSD a > > > true Unix, emphasizing it's history compared to Linux. > > > > >From a link on that page: > > > > At this point, for most purposes, there's no real difference > > between Linux and BSD. Neither one is necessarily better than the > > other. You should choose based on your own preferences and what > > kind of support is available to you. > > > > >From futher down on the same link: > > But remember, truly portable Unix software runs on both > platforms just fine. > > Err, since when did Linux have FreeBSD binary compatibility? I guess they must mean "truly portable Unix source compiles and runs on both platforms" > > I really like the last sentence though: > > The important thing is to learn some flavor of Unix because, > in many ways, it's the operating system of the future. > > Does Billy G read these columns I wonder? > > > -- > > - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - > > - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > -- > STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. > OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message