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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!stevens-tech.edu!attila!jmcnalle From: jmcnalle@attila.stevens-tech.edu (James McNalley) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 2 Sep 1995 01:16:17 GMT Organization: Stevens Institute of Technology Lines: 39 Message-ID: <428b91$jt5@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu> References: <40q6mm$c0l@scotsman.ed.ac.uk> <5s7t-3RzoRB@subloch.swb.de> <JTC.95Aug18133112@rtl.cygnus.com> <5s$kBctUoRB@subloch.swb.de> <425k8h$7un@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: attila.stevens-tech.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:947 comp.os.linux.advocacy:19513 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5566 Jason R. Thorpe (thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) wrote: : In article <5s$kBctUoRB@subloch.swb.de>, : Stefan Huerter <maulwurf@subloch.swb.de> wrote: : >> > Linux is Posix, *BSD ist unix. : BZZT! NetBSD and FreeBSD are UNIX-like. : ^^^^ : Linux is also a UNIX-like system. : >I know the implementation of the POSIX 1003.1 standard in FreeBSD and : >NetBSD. :) : What exactly do you mean? That you've read every line of code from top to : bottom? : >So, what is Linux? nothing? : No. Linux is Linux, a freely-redistributable UNIX-like system. Of course, : in the Linux world, the term `Linux' is non-deterministic. _Which_ Linux : are _you_ talking about? (This is, BTW, one of Linux's most fundamental : problems.) Actually, I like to think of that as one of linux's most fundamental strengths. You can use the linux kernel as the basis for almost kind of unix system you might need, from a floppy-only fixit disk to a full blown development and graphics workstation to a server system. It is *so* flexible :) -- James E. McNalley |"This is the .signature virus, please copy me to your Linux / Unix hacker| .signature" -The Signature Virus (not cracker) |"There is one difference between a tax collector and a Hoboken, NJ | taxidermist -- the taxidermist leaves the hide" -Caplin Email: jmcnalle@attila.stevens-tech.edu www: --Not Yet-- (you can get to some of my old stuff via http://metnet.geog.pdx.edu/~mcnalley/index.html)