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Re: Wanting opinions... -- widespread lack of UNIX history
On Monday 20 June 2005 11:33, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org> wrote:
> > We don't use it because it doesn't have nearly the hardware support,
> > community, documentation, or features of Linux.
>
> That's post-facto!
Yes it is, but it is also reality.
The article tried to make the case that BSD could replace Linux.
They cannot because they only support a subset of Linux's functionality.
I realize there is a long sad story as to why this is, but nevertheless, it is
the truth.
NZG.
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