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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!rcarter From: rcarter@netcom.com (Russell Carter) Subject: Re: To Merge or Not to Merge *BSD. What does it really mean? Message-ID: <rcarterD2CvHp.IKr@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3f15dh$bp@knobel.GUN.de> <3f253c$es0@agate.berkeley.edu> <3f41piINNq16@python.cis.ohio-state.edu> <3f49s8$k60@dagny.galt.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 18:03:25 GMT Lines: 33 In article <3f49s8$k60@dagny.galt.com>, Alex Wetmore <alex@nine.org> wrote: >mark anthony kolesar (kolesar@cis.ohio-state.edu) wrote: >: Here at Ohio State University, I rarely hear anything about BSD, but you >: constantly hear about Linux. It is a shame that there is so much duplication >: of effort in the BSD camp. I can understand the ego issue, but around here >: at least, Linux increasingly appears to be the defacto Un*x standard. > >I think that this is more of a function of Linux's adoption by the press as >the free unix (for some reason most press-folks seem to think *BSD is harder >to install or less functional or just not where it is at). Its also a Does the tail wag the dog? I don't think so! Linux is viewed as monolithic, (though that's ironic if you think about it), collaborative, evolving, and definitely focused on success in its community. There's even a bit of religious fervor involved, much akin to Apple in its early Macintosh days. Makes for good copy. Hell, it's *fun* to read the Linux Journal, if not terribly enlightening. *BSD is, well, *NIX. Can't agree on anything. What could the press write about? How could they be sure that organizations would be around at publication? How do you address the presence of some "complex" ;-) personalities so close to the core? It's all a bit complicated to track month to month. Really, I'm selfish. I just love the beauty of the BSD 4.4-- architecture, it's like a mercedes. Nothing fancy, no servers, emulators, it just works, I want to keep using it for years, if possible right off the net. Having two or three (or four?) orgs doesn't seem to be the best way to achieve that. Cheers, Russell