Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:40:15 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: Andy Newman <atrn@zeta.org.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A successor to CSRG (was: 4.4BSD) Message-ID: <19990127104014.R66239@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19990126180618.I16540@futuresouth.com>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 06:06:18PM -0600 References: <199901260526.VAA14434@dingo.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.02.9901260117570.8926-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <4.1.19990125233846.0451bc20@mail.lariat.org> <19990127072459.B1291@ska.bsn> <19990126180618.I16540@futuresouth.com>
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On Tuesday, 26 January 1999 at 18:06:18 -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 07:24:59AM +1100, a little birdie told me > that Andy Newman remarked >>> I can't believe the hype Linux is getting, though. It's being touted >>> as a cure for warts, wrinkles, and hangnails. >> >> The thing that pisses me off is they think they invented it all (Unix). > > Gaah... you're not kidding. > And it's fanned out so far. > I can't count the number of times I've (patiently, calmly) said the > words, 'No, Unix is not like Linux, Linux is like Unix', and had to > explain what I mean... > Then hear 'Yeah, but Unix was never popular like Linux is...' Well, that's right. Think about it in terms of number of users. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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