From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 22:22:32 +0200 Message-Id: <199909182022.WAA00850@agnes.faerie.monroyaume> From: JF Martinez In-reply-to: <37E2FEBB.4ED76BF0@nc.com> (neil@nc.com) Subject: Re: Need ammo against BSD Fud References: <199909172159.XAA01101@agnes.faerie.monroyaume> <37E2FEBB.4ED76BF0@nc.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: neil@nc.com Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: > > JF Martinez wrote: > > > BSD people are writing tons of articles saying how superior BSD is > > respective to Linux. There is a danger they will impregnate people > > with the idea: Linux=second rate system. The Linux people tend to > > know little about BSD so we are at pain to fire back. And BSD people > > tend to "forget" to mention those features Linux had years before BSD > > like modules or ELF support. I would really appreciate info about > > features the Linux kernel has and BSDs haven't or about areas where > > Linux outperforms BSDs. > > Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. The best thing to do is end most of > these silly advocacy wars, and neither 'side' retaliating is the best > way to do this. As a regular user of many of both systems, the constant > FUD from everyone and anyone is just pathetically annoying. > One of my fears is that BSD one day becomes the "saviour" of proprietary software due to the fact BSD licensed software can be reused legally and without provokinhg a scandal who isbad for PR). So one day those attacks could be coordinated by companies wanting people switching from Linux to BSD and then issue a proprietary BSD with additional bells and whistles. First step would be in making people believe that BSD is superior to Linux > The more ammo that gets sent, the more the other side will just send > ammo back again. It's an endless cycle that will never end. > No I don't want to start an "editors war" but I need info in order to restablish truth: I fear co,nsequences of one sided propaganda. I catched the BSD people in a couple of occasions while lying by omission. I think BSD is probably suprior in some fields but I can't beleieve there is nothing wheere Linux doesn't beat the pants of BSD. There is alw that nothing is superior in every field. -- Jean Francois Martinez Project Independence: Linux for the Masses http://www.independence.seul.org -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://humbolt.geo.uu.nl/Linux-MM/