Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 01:13

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Steve Mading wrote:
> :    I showed
> :> that by showing that it doesn't work in either of the two opposite
> :> extremes (the actual defintion used would have to be somewhere between
> :> the two, and would thus still have had this problem.)
> 
> : This doesn't follow logically.  Consider the case of medicine you need
> : to cure a fatal disease.  Too little and you die.  Too much and you
> : overdose and die.  The right amount and you're cured.
> 
> Bad analogy.

I disagree.  It isn't perfect, but it illustrates the principle.

This thread bores me, partially because even your technical arguments
have glaring, objective, technical errors, and your legal arguments are
no better.  I'm leaving.

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From: Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 18:13:13 -0700
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