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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.thenet.net!wlbr!news.cerf.net!pagesat.net!zappa.northnet.org!usenet From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 25 Jan 1997 21:52:00 -0500 Organization: Crynwr Software Lines: 34 Sender: nelson@desk.crynwr.com Message-ID: <m2zpxxtagf.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net> <5c19pg$rf6@lynx.dac.neu.edu> <5c39sk$ddl@troma.rv.tis.com> <5c8jlm$50u@cynic.portal.ca> <m23evrulla.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> <32EA25AB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: crynwr.northweb.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:152531 comp.os.linux.networking:65073 comp.os.linux.setup:92314 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5612 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1922 "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> writes: > Again, FreeBSD is a fully integrated tool and OS, with runtime that > can be put into embedded product without redistribution > encumberances, I deal with this issue all the time while wearing my Crynwr packet driver hat. Anyone who is concerned about using Linux in an embedded system without getting into the software distribution business need only contract with a RedHat or Walnut Creek CDROM or Infomagic to distribute their software for the requisite three years. Don't make the GPL into a larger issue than it is. > I guess that the lack of evangelizing by FreeBSD people is probably > due to many of our careers being so long, that we have seen OSes > come and go, and we know that the "answers and tools" of today are > going to be the curiosities of tomorrow. Um-hum. Sure. I guess the lack of evangelizing by FreeBSD people is because they don't understand the necessity for it. Here's a clue, John: Bill Gates understands it. Linux users understand it. That's why FreeBSD is going to be a footnote in the history of free software. If you don't like this, and you think FreeBSD is so wonderful, then how about improving Linux so it's as good as FreeBSD? There is NO REASON why you cannot produce a fully-compilable-from-source, CVS tree server distribution of Linux. -- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson Crynwr Software sells network driver support | PGP ok 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | Tired of slow sendmail? Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | Ask me about qmail tutorial