Re: [Nolug] MEETING TIME AND LOCATION

On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 09:43, Brett D. Estrade wrote:
> --- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 04:41, Eddie Benson wrote:
> > > On 22 Nov 2002, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> > > where I started with "UNIX LIKE" OS's...BSD of any sort. Don't get me
> > > wrong, I'm pulling for Linux over MS, but I can still remember choosing
> > > FreeBSD over Linux in 95 because Linux at that time didn't even bother to
> > > shadow passwords, and besides, anything you can run on Linux, I can run on
> > > FreeBSD.
> >
> > Remember, in 1995, *BSD was ~17 years old, whereas Linux was 4.
> > Is there a Linux-compatibility layer in FreeBSD? I though I'd
> > heard of such.
>
> Yes; and if you are using this as proof if inferiority, I say it is a testiment
> to the *BSD community to capitalize on the popularity of Linux and the
> variety of apps that sprung up around it - aren't we all supposed to
> be in this together?

Definitely not as "proof of inferiority". Just a question.

> > And, unless there is that *exact* compatibility layer, you can't
> > run apps like Oracle[89], DB2, etc. Lastly, what kind of Java is
> > there for *BSD, and does Wine (and it's derivatives) run?
>
> Um .. yes, yes, and yes. I think it would be good for all of us to
> do our homework before making

Hmm. "Yes, Brett agrees with Ron", or "Yes, you can run Oracle on
FreeBSD"?

> these kind of claims. BTW, FreeBSD just got a native SUN JDK, although it
> is still going through some growing pains.
>
> Like I said in the past, I use all types of *nixes on a daily basis, but
> when I come home, I like to use FreeBSD. Its not because I don't like
> the others, it is because I like FreeBSD MORE...from what I've seen
> most other users of alternate OS's use them because they hate the
> alternatives.

And thank goodness we still have the freedom to do so. No thanks
to Fritz Hollings and the RIAA...

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