Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261630AbVBOFXL (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:23:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261631AbVBOFXL (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:23:11 -0500 Received: from sj-iport-2-in.cisco.com ([171.71.176.71]:21628 "EHLO sj-iport-2.cisco.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261630AbVBOFXJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:23:09 -0500 Message-Id: <200502150523.AWL59169@mira-sjc5-e.cisco.com> Reply-To: From: "Hua Zhong" To: "'Horst von Brand'" , "'Marcin Dalecki'" Cc: "'Larry McVoy'" , "'Jeff Sipek'" , "'Matthew Jacob'" , "'Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz'" , Subject: RE: [BK] upgrade will be needed Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:23:03 -0800 Organization: Cisco Systems MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: <200502150335.j1F3ZwTb030977@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4939.300 Thread-Index: AcUTFhyaumA+lvyhTgeS1lG+kFquygAB8GDQ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 648 Lines: 16 > Linus has never worked on Unix in any form, and most of the > other kernel hackers hasn't either. Ever. Huh? I believe they have used Unix, as in the BitKeeper case. In neither case they get access to the source code of the software they use, to make the comparison equal. Whether they used a *free* Unix (and thus whether they could have been asked to not go write a clone) is another matter. Hua - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/