On 1/11/2011 5:41 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Why do you think it is that BSD Unix has not held its own in
competition with GNU/Linux?
One acronym: IBM.
IBM could not successfully compete with Windows NT with their AIX
line running on the WinTel PC. Microsoft had screwed over IBM and their
RJack u...@example.net writes:
On 1/11/2011 5:41 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Why do you think it is that BSD Unix has not held its own in
competition with GNU/Linux?
One acronym: IBM.
IBM could not successfully compete with Windows NT with their AIX
line running on the WinTel PC. Microsoft
In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote:
On 1/11/2011 5:41 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Why do you think it is that BSD Unix has not held its own in
competition with GNU/Linux?
One acronym: IBM.
IBM could not successfully compete with Windows NT with their AIX line
running on the
On 2011-01-12, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote:
RJack u...@example.net writes:
On 1/11/2011 5:41 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Why do you think it is that BSD Unix has not held its own in
competition with GNU/Linux?
One acronym: IBM.
IBM could not successfully compete with Windows NT with
On 1/12/2011 4:16 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Apple, for example, went proprietary with the freedom provided by
BSD contributions in XNU. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XNU
Look at Apple now: A niche player in computers, and highly
successful with iPods, iPhones and the like.
We tend to
Nice paper:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1586580download=yes
(Why License Agreements Do Not Control Copy Ownership: First Sales and
Essential Copies)
I especially like this part:
When license is used as a noun in the copyright context, it means
something like, a grant
On 1/11/2011 3:24 PM, Kari Laine wrote:
Ok alexander,
But without FSF we probably wouldn't have Linux. At least it won't
be as functional as it is today. There are billions of dollars worth
of GPLed software available to every one of us.
Uhhh... ...probably wouldn't have Linux ?
Ok alexander,
I bite, let's discuss about the FSF. I don't know enough about it.
I know the good software they made possible. I gather I donated some
money to them back in (don't remember the year). Do you mean they stole
my money to get FAT. Or what exactly is your point of GNG Site?
I find
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Alexander Terekhov terek...@web.de wrote:
Nice paper:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1586580download=yes
(Why License Agreements Do Not Control Copy Ownership: First Sales and
Essential Copies)
I especially like this part:
When license is
Kari Laine klai...@gmail.com writes:
Ok alexander,
I bite, let's discuss about the FSF. I don't know enough about it.
I know the good software they made possible. I gather I donated some
money to them back in (don't remember the year). Do you mean they stole
my money to get FAT. Or what
In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote:
On 1/11/2011 3:24 PM, Kari Laine wrote:
Ok alexander,
But without FSF we probably wouldn't have Linux. At least it won't
be as functional as it is today. There are billions of dollars worth
of GPLed software available to every one of us.
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