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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>
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 22:42:51 +0000
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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
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