3 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-advocacy[Re: Microsoft worries over Linux]| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Ron 'The Insane One' Rosson | Sep 29, 1998 3:58 pm | |
| Drew Baxter | Sep 29, 1998 5:39 pm | |
| Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav | Sep 30, 1998 5:04 am |
| Subject: | [Re: Microsoft worries over Linux] | |
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| From: | Drew Baxter (netm...@genesis.ispace.com) | |
| Date: | Sep 29, 1998 5:39:59 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-advocacy | |
Well here's some food for thought.
First off, Linux has variations/flavors (they call them distributions, but you get the idea) on its own. That alone could make someone go "whoa, this is probably the better of them all".
At the same time, you'd have to be pretty far off not to be able to install Linux.. Also the fact is, Red Hat is rather well off about publicizing their flavor.
All in all, I don't like Linux because of who uses it, not because of the OS. Although I'm a seasoned (4+ years) user of FreeBSD, and Linux is well, different in some ways.
Besides, you know as well as I "All the good hacking, nuking, and other fun denial of service stuff (for demonstration purposes, of course) comes from Linux. ". Unfortunately a lot of porting would have to be done to get most of it to work on FreeBSD too, I've traveled that road before.
--- This Reflects the Opinions of OneEX, but not of any small gerbils in East Mississippi. Drew "Droobie" Baxter OneNetwork Exchange http://www.droo.orland.me.us
At 03:58 PM 9/29/98 -0700, Ron 'The Insane One' Rosson wrote:
Once upon a time Georgiana S. Trigg shaped the electrons to say...
would say that perhaps Linux's popularity is because of it's GUI, but then
Linux is a GUI? Since when? The only GUI I've ever seen on Linux is X - *if* I install it.
I think Linux is popular because of the way it was developed, the history it has. It is a product of the community, for the community. And Linus' personality certainly has helped the popularity.
And more and more vendors are jumping on the Linux bandwagon - while BSD/OS, and especially FreeBSD, aren't getting the same kind of vendor support.
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