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From: pauls@locust.cic.net (Paul Southworth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux
Date: 8 Mar 1994 16:24:55 GMT
Organization: ETEXT
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References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu>
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In article <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu>,
David J Camp <david@wubios.wustl.edu> wrote:
>What are the relative merits of NetBSD vs. Linux?  Is either
>technically superior?  I suppose BSD is more portable.  How difficult
>is would it be to port the Linux utilities to BSD?  -David-

:%s;BSD;Coke Classic;
:%s;Linux;Pepsi;


They're free.  Try them both.  If people could actually agree that one
is better, it would be impossible to explain why both have such large
and devoted followings.


--
Paul Southworth
CICNet Systems Support
pauls@cic.net