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Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux (another question)



On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Simon Cozens wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 09:41:48AM -0800, Scott M. Stone wrote:
> > Nothing's preventing the linux folks from taking the code.  I wonder why
> > they haven't
> 
> Porting code between *kernels* is really not a trivial process.

sure, it's not trivial, but freeBSD and Linux share enough in common (both
use BSD sockets, for example), that it's at least POSSIBLE, and the amount
of time they've had to do it can be numbered in YEARS...

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