Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 12:35:55 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber), freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linus on IRC Message-ID: <4.1.19990211123440.00add100@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <79t7tp$1n8$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <199902101140.DAA63055@rah.star-gate.com> <4.1.19990210141609.040cf220@mail.lariat.org>
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At 01:23 AM 2/11/99 +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >The Linux distributions aren't forks. They are different collections. >There is no common ancestor. I would think that Linus' kernel (which many of them patch or add modules to) could be considered a common ancestor. And many of the utilities have common origins. Yes, there's some original work in each, but that's true of the BSDs too, right? --Brett "Rules? This is the Internet." -- Dan Gillmor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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