From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jan 26 16:10:25 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA23958 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:10:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23941 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:10:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA09732; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:40:15 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id KAA97723; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:40:15 +1030 (CST) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:40:15 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Cc: Andy Newman , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A successor to CSRG (was: 4.4BSD) Message-ID: <19990127104014.R66239@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199901260526.VAA14434@dingo.cdrom.com> <4.1.19990125233846.0451bc20@mail.lariat.org> <19990127072459.B1291@ska.bsn> <19990126180618.I16540@futuresouth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990126180618.I16540@futuresouth.com>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 06:06:18PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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