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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:35037 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1761 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!pipex!demon!centrix.demon.co.uk!damian Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions From: damian@centrix.demon.co.uk (damian) Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes References: <1993Apr15.225354.18654@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1993Apr18.210819.6955@cheshire.oxy.edu> Organization: Centrix Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 22:42:51 +0000 Message-ID: <9304200034.ah09432@gate.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Lines: 25 In article <1993Apr18.210819.6955@cheshire.oxy.edu> rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller) writes: >Oh, Jesus, here we go again. > >Look, folks, regardless of the merits of a side-by-side comparison of >operating systems (I personally think they are a Good Thing), it has >been PROVEN time and again that it is IMPOSSIBLE to do this >impartially over USENET. Some little fact is wrong or presented in >such a way that some acolyte of one OS faith becomes mortally >offended, etc. etc. > >About this time, I think there needs to be two new newsgroups: >alt.os.linux.comparison.with.386bsd and >alt.os.386bsd.comparison.with.linux. Then the people who CARE to hear >the senseless dribble that comes of this can go and leave the rest of >us alone. Well said! Damian -- +----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Damian Ivereigh | If you can't suss out what this is replying to | | damian@centrix.demon.co.uk | get a threaded news reader, like trn. :-) | | Twickenham, U.K. | This is the best way to cut wasted traffic | +----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+