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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!pith.uoregon.edu!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!199.60.19.15!news.island.net!nanaimo.island.net!cmott From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 18:33:05 -0800 Organization: Island Internet Inc. - (604) 753-2383 Lines: 44 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961227175553.4569A-100000@nanaimo.island.net> References: <32B6AFB0.787F@pc.jaring.my> <5974tk$k01@fridge-nf0.shore.net> <m2ybew3puy.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <Pine.LNX.3.95.961219163846.9274A-100000@nanaimo.island.net> <59n13i$790@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: nanaimo.island.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Sender: cmott@nanaimo.island.net In-Reply-To: <59n13i$790@uriah.heep.sax.de> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33159 On 23 Dec 1996, J Wunsch wrote: =2E.. > > (6) FreeBSD encompasses a smaller community. To my mind, it is also a > > friendlier group, having some sense of humor and a higher proportion of > > people who like to write code.=20 >=20 > Your Generalsekret=E4r will send you 100 Mark/DDR for this statement. A Second Meeting of the Politburo... The General Secretary was angry. "We are engaged in a global competition with Linus. To survive, we must expand, or we will collapse inwards and be no more." His fist banged against the table. The KGB officer looked excited. "We can introduce false propaganda on the internet newsgroups. We can place moles among the linux developers. Our agents will covertly introduce bug-ridden code into their=20 development tree!" As usual, the party theoretician was annoyed at the head of the KGB. "You idiot, the=20 linux operating system has survived and even prospered despite bug-ridden and inelegant code. You understand nothing of the principle of their success." The General Secretary had calmed down by now. "In truth, Linus has greatly expanded the market for free software. If we maintain a restrained and honourable competition, this will only increase interest among the proletariat." The meeting turned to other subjects. The Minister for State Production began to recommend that software developers be re-assigned to affix mailing labels to cd-rom packages...