NewsForge: Linus Compares Linux and BSDs

“I recently asked Linus Torvalds for his thoughts on the
relative strengths and weaknesses of Linux and BSD, and about how
much synergy there might be between the Linux kernel and the
BSDs.

“I prefaced my query to Linus by recounting my observations from
a Usenix conference in San Diego a few years ago. He was a speaker
that day, and a group of BSD users came right down to the front row
to hear him. In fact, they laughed and joked with him, and
eventually gave Linus one of the beanies with horns on it they were
wearing, a familiar symbol to BSD fans…”

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