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From: fen@netcom.com (Fen Labalme)
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: FreeBSD vs. Linux
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 09:03:56 GMT
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cajho@uno.edu wrote:
: Hmmm.  If Linux is so scary and NetBSD so nice, why so many Linux users and
: why is Linux growing so damn fast?  It just seems like Linux exploded...
: This is a serious question, not a jab at the BSD folks.  I am wondering what
: it is about Linux that is causing this...

I am very surprised that I just read 33 responses comparing Linux and
Free/NetBSD and I saw no mention of one of the best reasons I know of
to be using Linux:

	Linux is the only one of the bunch that is copylefted !!
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Fen
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Copyright 1993 Fen Labalme. You may redistribute only if your recipients may.
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 Copyright 1993 Fen Labalme. You may redistribute only if your recipients may.