mdh wrote:
--- On Sat, 11/1/08, Darren Pilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Darren Pilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Would Linux exist without the Internet?
To: "Jayton Garnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 6:30 PM
Jayton Garnett wrote:
Would the Internet exist without BSD?
No.
Would Linux exist without the Internet? :)
No.
By extension: Linux wouldn't exist without BSD. :)
I've seen a quote around attributed to Linus Torvalds, stating something
along the lines of "If I'd known about 386BSD back then, I probably
wouldn't have created Linux."
So an inverse is true, as well - Linux wouldn't exist with BSD. Or
something.
- mdh
I believe it's from an old LinuxNews piece, from October 1992 -
http://www.abc.se/~m9339/linux/linuxdoc/linuxnews03a.html
"LN: How do you feel about Minix, 386BSD, and Hurd and their authors?
Are they rivals, or or allies?
Linus: 386BSD and Hurd are most definitely allies - I'll be happy to
help them any way I can (for 386BSD I was already able to help with the
math-emulator, and I've been in contact with some others re: vm86 etc).
*If 386BSD had been available a year earlier, I would probably never
have started on Linux*, but as it is, I'm happy to say that 386BSD
didn't automatically mean that Linux wasn't worth it. Both 386BSD and
Linux have their points, and I naturally think Linux is more fun."
So there you have it, pull out your time machines. ;)
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