-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On 5/15/06, taharka <res00vl8@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if >> FreeBSD's plans come to fruition. > > Completely wishful thinking. I'm sure they're excited about their > product over there in FreeBSD-land, but there is no way they're ever > going to catch up to the marketshare Linux has no matter how feature > rich they are. I'm on FC5 for my laptop, FBSD on everything else. Personally, I think a little open-source competition will be the best thing that's happened to Linux in a long time. Plus, the Linux community can simply rip off any code they like under the BSD license ;-) > I think it's sad, really. BSD was good stuff back in the day. It's > still good, but it's like comparing the current Windows + Mac OS > market to the current OS/9 market. It's simply not possible for > FreeBSD to catch up. People are saying the same thing about Linux vs Microsoft/MacOS. And FreeBSD still is good stuff, it just depends what you want to do with it. Horses for courses, as they say. C. - -- Craig McLean http://fukka.co.uk craig@xxxxxxxxxxx Where the fun never starts Powered by FreeBSD, and GIN! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEaOb/MDDagS2VwJ4RAubAAKDhvMMDQ4dAxdFAs2cM3u3VB5epoACgvzB3 eDIV57yI+W6FJk3ElH8azww= =CP7T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
