Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:18:44 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@time.net.my> To: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-VS-Linux---Some Venting from Linux's side! Message-ID: <01012616215901.17166@FreeBSD.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <000d01c0876c$1afc6460$aa240018@cx443070b> References: <20010125201654.28780.qmail@nw176.netaddress.usa.net> <000d01c0876c$1afc6460$aa240018@cx443070b>
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > I have been seeing a FreeBSD-VS-Linux war on this mailing list and it
> has
> > disturbed me beyond tolerance. Which drove me to write this e-mail.
>
> So you've decided to join in.
>
> First I want to tell everyone that I love everything thats opensource and
> free, that includes FreeBSD,Linux,OpenBSD and NetBSD. But my most loved OS
> is
> Linux for the following reasons.
>
> Linux isn't an OS. It's a kernel. That's like saying GNU HURD is my
> favorite OS, or kernel32.dll is my favorite OS. How about io.sys is my
> favorite OS ?
>
> > For its age Linux has gone farther than any other OS has, including
> *BSD's.
> >The BSD's have a history of 20+ years and you are trying to prove that its
> >superior as compared to Linux? Give me a break! If they werent superior
> even
> >now, then they did not deserve to be used at all.
>
> FreeBSD Version 1.0 (December, 1993) Last time I checked 2001-1994 != 20
>
> Not to mention the fact that your reasoning here is stupid. You say Linux
> has done more in less time, yet it's still inferior to BSD, yet somehow this
> is a reason to use Linux ? I have a Buick which will 0-35 faster than your
> car, but it's top speed is 45 miles per hour. Would you rather have my
> Buick or your car ? Going from 7th place to 5th place very quickly doesn't
> mean a damned thing until you pass a few more people. You're still losing.
>
> >Plus Linux was written from
> >scratch, even though it was derived from Minix it did not contain any
> foreign
> >source code. While the BSD's contained actual AT&T code for quite some time
> >and then they built upon that when they 'migrated' to 4.4BSD.
>
> So now being derived from the original "Unix" is now a flaw ? It used to be
> a claim to fame as I recall.
>
> > Linux has a more open model of developement as compared to any of the
> BSD's.
>
> Open model of development ?
>
> >With the release of kernel 2.4.0 for Linux, its now an official gladiator
> in the arena of
> >Enterprise computing (although it is already running one of the most
> heavily
> >visited sites namely google.com,freshmeat.net...).
>
> What exactly is it about 2.4.0 that makes it Enterprise as opposed to the
> previous versions of Linux ? Have you seen the benchmarks ?
>
>
>
> > Microsoft hates Linux's guts while it seems to embrace the BSD's,
> > for this reason alone is Linux worth using!
>
> That is the stupidest thing you've said so far. So when Microsoft embraces
> Linux, are you going to run to Solaris ?
>
> > Linux has done much to improve and its BETTER than NT (for some of you
> falmers kind info).
>
> Better than NT ? Isn't that like the taller than Napoleon award ? Everyone
> wins.
>
>
> >And watch out, Linux is fast improving and *very* soon the BSD's might seem
> redundant with Linux around!
>
> Might seem redundant ? Do you understand the term redundant ? Give me a
> break. You're talking out your ass, spouting Linux advocacy bullshit on a
> FreeBSD mailing list. Get the hell off this list and stop throwing your
> Linux shit in my mailbox.
>
>
>
>
>
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This is not the proper channel, but anyway...
I'm running 2.2.8-RELEASE and I'm considering it's FAR better
than 2.4.0 Linux.
am I using my brain before making such statement?
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