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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!taligent!uunet!in3.uu.net!141.211.63.150!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!EU.net!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!shell2.ba.best.com!vss From: vss@shell2.ba.best.com (V.S. Senthilkumar) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin Subject: Re: Linux, Bsd Against NT bullshit Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin Date: 22 Jan 1997 10:04:50 GMT Organization: BEST Internet Communications, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5c4oo2$jad@nntp1.best.com> References: <5c08da$r2t@nntp1.best.com> <5c30ac$9v1@web.nmti.com> Reply-To: vss@best.com NNTP-Posting-Host: shell2.ba.best.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:1979 Peter da Silva (peter@nmti.com) wrote: : In article <5c08da$r2t@nntp1.best.com>, V.S. Senthilkumar <vss@best.com> wrote: : > Why not Linux and Bsd merged so that it can become a : > big force against NT. : Linux is GPL restricted. FreeBSD is (with few exceptions) unrestricted [1]. : This makes it tough to combine the code trees. Politics. : However, FreeBSD 2.2 runs Linux executables, so why not just go with that? : You should even be able to install the Red Hat RPM manager and install : Linux packages automagically. : [1] Ironically, most of the Linux distributions include restricted tools : and tools for which the source isn't available, while the FreeBSD release : contains all the installation and release tools. If what you are saying is true, FreeBSD looks like clear choice for long run! If they had source code restriction, Linux might become something like netscape later, and start charging money when people use it widely. -vs senthilkumar