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Re: [Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>] Re: Debian & BSD concerns



On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 12:45:10PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 10:49:22PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > You're suggesting that we take their kernel but not their user space,
> > implying that our user space is better than theirs.
> 
> Our userspace is Debian, theirs is the FreeBSD project.  It's not a
> question of "Better".  If you want Debian OS on a BSD kernel, use Debian. 
> If you want a BSD OS on a BSD kernel....

We can safely assuming then that no existing FreeBSD users will want to use
it (obviously they want a BSD OS). Then, since most of us are agreed
that there is nothing superior about the BSD kernel, the entire exercise
is pointless.



Hamish
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