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From: brown@cs.swarthmore.edu (Randolph G. Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
Date: 3 Apr 1994 23:27:07 GMT
Organization: Swarthmore College Computer Science, Swarthmore, PA, USA
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magnus@ii.uib.no writes:
> >>>>> "J" == Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie> writes:
> 
> J> without public help and support.  If we get fed up and go away,
> J> where will that have gotten everyone?
> 
> Well, everyone will be using Linux.
> 

As a long-time Linux user, I'd like to apologize to the *BSD community
for this person's stupid snide comment.

Frankly, I think it's good in the long run that we now have _3_
distinct evolving free-unix communities --- the cross-fertilization
will be good for all three, at least for a while.  Their work does us
all good, and the loss of one community will harm us all.

Please don't stop.

	-Randy