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> > Other than the fact Linux has a cool name, could someone explain why I should use Linux over BSD? > No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked ver
by aasasd 7y ago
> > Other than the fact Linux has a cool name, could someone explain why I should use Linux over BSD?
> No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on
creating a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it
certainly paid off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able
to say "OS/2? Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name". 386BSD made the
mistake of putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the
name, and is scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too
technical.
— https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit/_tl4WBguewE/x-00eYR0u4AJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.unix.pc-clone.32b...
- yongjik 7y agoI'm pretty sure Linus was joking...
- Aromasin 7y agoI'm also pretty sure he's right.
- aasasd 7y agoOn a related notion, I wonder how native English speakers were able to take ‘Windows’ seriously, back in the time when they didn't regularly encounter hundreds of apps with whatever names are left available. In the native language, the brain supposedly fires associations for you before you think consciously about what you hear. Like, do you browse window installation inventory in this program or what?