Linux taglines

In article <1o487u...@access.digex.com> ste...@access.digex.com (stephen balbach) writes: > > 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. Linux vs. BSD on comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Google archive