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From: skyhook@great-miami.iac.net (Chris Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: 8 Apr 1994 14:55:12 GMT
Organization: Controlled Chaos And Extropy, Inc.
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Eric J. Schwertfeger (maniac@unlv.edu) wrote:
: I fully agree. Both OS's are excellent. I use Linux because at the
: time I made my decision, none of the BSD variants had dynamically
: linked libraries, and now I've got too much invested to switch for
: what would be minor advantages and disadvantages to me.
That's where I stand. I have WAY too much invested in linux to switch. I
have stuff downloaded, I have working CSLIP, I have working sendmail and
INN. X is set uup the way I like it. etc, etc, and so on.
Also, I have a good number of net.friends on irc on #linux. That's my
Customer Support. I wouldnt be even close to where I am now without their
support. It's very difficult and time-consuming to cultivate a
relationship like that.
I have impressed the hell out of some Unix Guru's just by telling them
about Linux, alot of them havent heard of it. And when I told them that I
had v1.1 and could get iBCS2 to run SCO binaries (some) I suddenly have a
line of people who want it.
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Chris Thompson | "Whatever can be Conceived by the human mind
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