Re: Need ammo against BSD Fud

[JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>]

> 
> JF Martinez wrote:
> 
> > BSD people are writing tons of articles saying how superior BSD is
> > respective to Linux.  There is a danger they will impregnate people
> > with the idea: Linux=second rate system.  The Linux people tend to
> > know little about BSD so we are at pain to fire back.  And BSD people
> > tend to "forget" to mention those features Linux had years before BSD
> > like modules or ELF support.  I would really appreciate info about
> > features the Linux kernel has and BSDs haven't or about areas where
> > Linux outperforms BSDs.
> 
> Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. The best thing to do is end most of
> these silly advocacy wars, and neither 'side' retaliating is the best
> way to do this. As a regular user of many of both systems, the constant
> FUD from everyone and anyone is just pathetically annoying.
> 

One of my fears is that BSD one day becomes the "saviour" of
proprietary software due to the fact BSD licensed software can be
reused legally and without provokinhg a scandal who isbad for PR).  So
one day those attacks could be coordinated by companies wanting people
switching from Linux to BSD and then issue a proprietary BSD with
additional bells and whistles.  First step would be in making people
believe that BSD is superior to Linux

> The more ammo that gets sent, the more the other side will just send
> ammo back again. It's an endless cycle that will never end.
> 

No I don't want to start an "editors war" but I need info in order to
restablish truth: I fear co,nsequences of one sided propaganda.  I
catched the BSD people in a couple of occasions while lying by
omission.

I think BSD is probably suprior in some fields but I can't beleieve
there is nothing wheere Linux doesn't beat the pants of BSD.  There is
alw that nothing is superior in every field.

-- 
			Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org

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