Comment Re:A technical competitor to Linux (Score 2) 413
Think of operating systems like languages (spoken, not coded :). The BSD-en and Linux-en are regional dialects of the same "language" just as U.S. english has several regional dialects.
Now, I'm certain that hardcore speakers of the U.S. english Georgia dialect and the U.S. english Ohio dialect would vehemently disagree that they are speaking the same language.
And those regional dialects of Open Source operating systems can splinter into several smaller factions (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Redhat, Caldera, Debian, SuSE, yadda, yadda, yadda).
We must understand the "differences" but focus on the "sames". We are part of a much more powerful movement if BSD and Linux people hang together.
Focus on the big picture. Open Source operating systems are generally superior to their non-Open Source bretheren. And what makes Linux and BSD attractive, effective, powerful and affordable are the Open Source ideas on which they are built.
Hopefully, Solaris, MacOS and, heck, even BeOS could one day be included in that group.
11th Commandment of Open Source Advocacy: Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill of Another Open Source Operating System (without damaging one's own cause in the process)
Now, I'm certain that hardcore speakers of the U.S. english Georgia dialect and the U.S. english Ohio dialect would vehemently disagree that they are speaking the same language.
And those regional dialects of Open Source operating systems can splinter into several smaller factions (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Redhat, Caldera, Debian, SuSE, yadda, yadda, yadda).
We must understand the "differences" but focus on the "sames". We are part of a much more powerful movement if BSD and Linux people hang together.
Focus on the big picture. Open Source operating systems are generally superior to their non-Open Source bretheren. And what makes Linux and BSD attractive, effective, powerful and affordable are the Open Source ideas on which they are built.
Hopefully, Solaris, MacOS and, heck, even BeOS could one day be included in that group.
11th Commandment of Open Source Advocacy: Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill of Another Open Source Operating System (without damaging one's own cause in the process)
