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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!demeter.omen.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 7 Feb 1997 13:36:56 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 19 Distribution: comp Message-ID: <5dg79o$fsi@cynic.portal.ca> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5d299q$i6r@josie.abo.fi> <5d80q2$8cn@cynic.portal.ca> <0myX9U200YUf09B6Y0@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5956 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2412 comp.os.linux.misc:157120 In article <0myX9U200YUf09B6Y0@andrew.cmu.edu>, Gerry S Hayes <sumner@CMU.EDU> wrote: >> So how many people do you know running just the Linux kernel, >> without any of those GNU utilities or shells? > >The same number as those I know who run Win95 without Microsoft Word >(Or Minesweeper, for that matter). None. So what? ... The GNU utilities >are some of the most useful applications for Linux.... Windows runs quite nicely without minesweeper. I'd like you to show me just what you do with a GNU/Linux system that doesn't have init, sh, ls, or any of those other `useful applications.' cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Through infinite myst, software reverberates Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 In code possess'd of invisible folly.