Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:44:36 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is FreeBSD going? Message-ID: <20040109024436.GN25474@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20040107214422.03c16cd8@localhost> References: <79B4EAB03B5E4649A740A8C1452F60643523F0@y6001a.umb.corp.umb.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20040105134236.03b51cc0@localhost> <20040107024735.GW2838@silverwraith.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20040107214422.03c16cd8@localhost>
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:45:06PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >At 07:47 PM 1/6/2004, Avleen Vig wrote: > >>Advocacy is NOT a race > >Yes, it is. Linux is where it is today because it grabbed more >buzz, sooner, than BSD. An alternative viewpoint is that BSD spent 2-3 years in limbo whilst the AT&T/BSDI suit ground thru the legal system. During this time, Linux managed to get a big headstart. The current SCO suit has the possibility to do the same to Linux except that: 1) SCO's claims are so outlandish that no-one takes them seriously 2) SCO has decided to include BSD in it's claims. Peter
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