Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 12:54:09 -0600 (MDT) From: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing Message-ID: <199804261854.MAA25063@const.> In-Reply-To: <199804261828.MAA07389@lariat.lariat.org>
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> >The Linux tide is raising all Unix boats. > > Strongly disagree. It's sinking SCO and Solaris, and it'll sink FreeBSD > as well if FreeBSD is not promoted as a superior alternative. Remember, > as Stewart Alsop said at the Senate hearings, there are many people > who would prefer that there be *one* standard platform out there. And > there are others (talk to any commercial developer!) who will *only* > develop for the platform with the best numbers. These tendencies > will work against FreeBSD -- in spades. With Linux, that 'one standard platform' is POSIX and X and source is open. FreeBSD and all of UNIX benefits from that. Our ports tree proves it. SCO is sinking for unrelated reasons. Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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