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[Keith T. Garner]

I'm gonna slightly reorder what you said....

On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 12:36:21, Jay Strauss said:
> Do they really address different problems?

Yes, at least in the eyes of their maintainers they do.

> FreeBSD,

goal: Best unix possible on x86

> OpenBSD,

goal: Most secure OS possible

> NetBSD,

goal: most portable unix possible

> Hurd,

goal: totally free....
reality: something for academics to get way too excited about due to its
         being based on a microkernel.

> Linux(1001 distributions)...

Too many distributions to list what their goal is....  But each linux
distribution has a different strength and you could use them in
different areas.

> what's the point?

What's the point of Baskin-Robbin's having 31 flavors?  Apparently,
people like variety.

With unix, everyone likes something different with a different end
goal that matters to them.

Keith

-- 
   Keith T. Garner                                        kgarner at kgarner.com
   The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so
 certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.  --Bertrand Russell