-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/06 16:14, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:50:25PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: >> The rest was just dumb luck and timing. The time was right for >> something new, maybe. BSD was going strong by the time Linux popped up. >> > According to many who were there, the main reason that Linux got a big > push was because many folks were afraid of the threat by AT&T to the > *BSD variants.
Another reason, I wager, is the centralized development model that the BSDs prefer. However, much virtual ink has been spilt over the reasons why Linux & *BSD are where they are, and I really don't think we can add more. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFcOcZS9HxQb37XmcRAu6YAJ4xvbH3CxJwvzl9+uVzbYxddKac4wCcDuSq zMGNVT4nTTRad1qfIuj1Aes= =HVh3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]