Date: 13 Feb 1999 02:22:56 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linus on IRC Message-ID: <7a2k5g$mgp$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <79t6uv$1kq$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> <199902111005.FAA03785@y.dyson.net>
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John S. Dyson <dyson@iquest.net> wrote:
> The above notion that "BSD" isn't on their map has been true even for the
> last 3 or so years (per my conversations with the indoctorinated.)
Yes. Does this surprise you? In the big picture, BSD certainly was less
visible then than it is now. You might argue that it should have been
more prominent to the few people who delt with an equally invisible
Linux back then, but I'm not sure that holds any water.
> It is part of both a strategy of the advocates, and partly a result of
> the lack of information of those who know nothing else.
I don't think anybody is advocating against BSD. Nobody used to advocate
against Linux either. People used to shrug, "Linux, what's that?", "does
it run MS DOS/Windows software?", "there aren't any applications for it,
are there?", "those are just a few hackers in a barn, they can't compete
with the professionalism and support of a commercial organization". BSD
is still at that level, that's all. Ironically enough, the Linux
community, if pointed to it, looks at BSD just the way other people used
to look at Linux not that long ago.
Linux, on the other hand, has by now grown into big enough a target that
people feel compelled to actually advocate against it.
> One of the best ways to put down what you think the competition might be, is
> to assert their being inconsequential.
Linux use isn't growing, it's exploding. That may be the case for BSD
too, but it's at a much earlier point on the curve. The Linux advocates
have no reason to look at BSD as a competitor. The BSD advocates of
course feel smothered.
> The key is to not become angry, but simply ignore the political
> statements of those with the agenda, and the ignorance of those who
> know no better.
I see less of an agenda out there than you do, but yes, I basically
agree with this.
> The best way to combat the ignorance is to present a less narrow view
> of the world.
Indeed.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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