Date: 06 Jan 1999 00:45:33 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Steven Ji <jsteve@research.poc.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: snotty quotes Message-ID: <xzpaezxxp0i.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Steven Ji's message of "Sun, 3 Jan 1999 02:00:22 -0500 (EST)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901030144340.13794-100000@ouch.Oof.NET>
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Steven Ji <jsteve@research.poc.net> writes: > I recently found this alleged Linus Torvalds quote on someone's sig, while > reading through a Linux mailing list archive. > > 'Ooohh.. "FreeBSD is faster over loopback, when compared to > Linux over the wire". Film at 11.' -Linus I don't see the problem with that quote. As I read it, Linus is dismissing someone who's made an inappropriate comparison of FreeBSD and Linux - of *course* FreeBSD is faster over the loopback than Linux over the wire - but the comparison is meaningless, so Linus is making fun of it. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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