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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2287 comp.os.linux.misc:12668 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!u.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 9 Apr 1994 01:42:24 GMT Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT Lines: 28 Message-ID: <2o5160$h9h@u.cc.utah.edu> References: <2n9f90$9em@great-miami.iac.net> <R8m2Jc1w165w@oasys.pc.my> <2npvla$oa@great-miami.iac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu In article <2npvla$oa@great-miami.iac.net> skyhook@iac.net (Chris Thompson) writes: ]But we're not talking for everything else. That argument is thrown up ]every time a BSD addict gets into a corner. "Yeah, but I can run Vic20BSD ]and NewtonBSD and HP48SXBSD and SlideRuleBSD" The argument is a little ]thin. So BSD is availible on 11 platforms. I dont OWN 11 platforms and ]could care less if it runs on an Amiga. And based on Commodore's recent ]liquidation, nobody else does either. There is supposedly an Amiga port ]of Linux, but I know nothing about it other than it's existence. the ]point is though, WHO CARES? I happen to own an x86. If I owned a Mac I ]would run MacBSD instead of A/UX, that's true. but I dont own, and I wont ]run. Its kind of like if I owned a Ferrari and you owned a jeep and you ]argued that my ferrari is not a real car because it cant go Off-Road, ]like your jeep which can 'run anywhere' Actually, saying you own Intel equipment is more like saying you own a Yugo. I happen to "own a Yugo" in this sense ...but it has nice "ground effects", a spoiler, a racing stripe, and a tachometer. Of course, it's still a Yugo. I much prefer driving a Ferrari (Carerra Computing's Alpha box) or a Porsche (the SGI Indy). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.