History Question

Tim Schmidt computer_holic@hotmail.com
Thu, 03 Aug 2000 21:36:38 GMT


>From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>
>Reply-To: pfaffben@msu.edu
>To: "Tim Schmidt" <computer_holic@hotmail.com>
>CC: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
>Subject: Re: History Question
>Date: 03 Aug 2000 17:54:40 -0400
>
>[Looks like you accidentally dropped the linux-user CC, so I've
>added it back in.]
>
>"Tim Schmidt" <computer_holic@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > Yeah, considdering Linux as the kernel, it has absolutely 0 ties with 
>BSD...
> >   not even shared code, right?
>
>Right.  Actually, Linux is one of few UNIX-like systems that
>doesn't use the BSD networking stack.

So BSD does lay some claim to being the base of many Unix's, even if only a 
very very small one.

>
> > so this guy's waaaaay off base.  and from what you've said, the
> > GNU utils borrow only slightly if at all from BSD so that they
> > can't be considdered as being based on BSD.  Is it ok with
> > everyone if I mail this thread to the guy who wrote the
> > article?
>
>I'd certainly prefer to see some authoritative cites rather than
>just the lot of us talking amongst ourselves.

Agreed...  I was hoping that someone could point me in the dirrection of a 
good 'history of Linux' site that would be included as part of this thread.


>--
>"To the engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimized and
>  feature-poor toys."
>--Scott Adams

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