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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 8 Feb 1997 14:10:48 -0600 Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation Lines: 24 Distribution: comp Message-ID: <5dimk8$3ss$1@Venus.mcs.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5d80q2$8cn@cynic.portal.ca> <0myX9U200YUf09B6Y0@andrew.cmu.edu> <5dg79o$fsi@cynic.portal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: venus.mcs.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5984 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2477 comp.os.linux.misc:157996 In article <5dg79o$fsi@cynic.portal.ca>, Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.portal.ca> wrote: >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.' If you leave out the GPL'd code you could market a nice line of routers. But I guess that was already done before Linux was around. Doesn't anyone else think that technology is most useful when available embedded in cheap consumer products? Why give something away if you won't allow it to be used easily? Les Mikesell les@mcs.com