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From: cosc19v2@menudo.uh.edu (cosc19v2)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
Date: 18 Apr 1994 10:22:36 -0500
Organization: University of Houston
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In article <michaelv.766476167@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@iastate.edu> wrote:
>In <2ondqj$gso@menudo.uh.edu> cosc19v2@menudo.uh.edu (cosc19v2) writes:
>> ...
>>I thought that *BSD hackers are so ignorant of Unix OS that they could not do
>>any better things except writing stupid scripts :) :)  ,  even though BSD
>>was already developed by UCB-CS  - the ideas are already published,
>>the codes are available, ported to 386 already by Mr. and Mrs. Jolitz.
>>All they need is to use their brains which they don't have  :) :)
>
>Yes, you're so right.  None of us have brains.  All the posting we do
>is merely random chance that it even comes out in coherent sentences.

What a surpirse. Why suddenly such attitude ?
You guys always have been stiff-necked : "Oh, we use REAL unix",
"Linux is a toy", "DOS ? Do you linux guys still need dos ?, 
 ah.... (stiffens the stupid neck) ...  We don't need DOS, since we
 use REAL unix".  "You linux guys don't know much about Unix, right ?" ...etc.

>If we're so stupid, why bother even wasting your time on us?

Just to let you know that the reverse of the above are the truth.

>>Look at Linux. It started from scratch and look at the situation now.
>
>Mr. cosc19v2, your comments are getting more worthless by the day.
>Please CEASE CROSSPOSTING TO COMP.OS.386BSD.* FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
>We just don't care.  Go away.  

So, *bsd user's cross-posting such as "BSD is the real Unix", 
"Linux is a toy", "Linux users are ignorant of Unix", ....etc.
to *linux newsgroup is OK and  a linux user's cross-posting the opposite
is not OK.  Is this your logic ?   You go away from linux newsgroup.

>You have not posted a thing that adds
>value to this group that I have ever read.

At least, I have been trying to stick to the Subject. 
On the other hand, you and including many others are trying to be personal.
There is nothing personal here.

And I think that the subject is one of most frequently asked question and 
should be answered appropriately.

I have seen the same subject many times so far, but the conclusion
of the subject was always :
 "Linux and *BSD are both good systems,  (however, *BSD is a real unix,
  .... blah blah blah ( which implies that *BSD has more advantage
  and 

I have no objection that (the original) BSD is a good system.  
It has been proved by
academic researchers for a long time.  I myself had used it on VAX-11.
Thousands and thousands students, and researchers had used it.
At that time BSD system is quite accessible. Having a unix account in
a university means that having a BSD account.

However, support for the 386 machine port of BSD is one of the worst.  
BSD is not easily accessible any more.   Since VAX-11 is not used any 
longer, the only reasonable way to get access to BSD is to install
*BSD on PC's by oneself, which pushes the sysadm's job to individual users.

I believe that being stiff-necked, like "You must be a unix man.
You must know what you are doing.  Oh, you don't understand our FAQ ?
You must be an idiot, ...etc.",  is not quite right.
Note that most people want Unix to do something for their own matters
not for hacking around the Unix system itself.

>You may very well be a worthwhile contributor to the linux newsgroups.
>Great!  Go post there.  Please leave us the hell alone.  You like your
>OS, we like ours.  The only thing you've been doing lately here is
>throwing gas on the fire.  You are not being productive here.
>So, please do us all a favor and don't crosspost to our newsgroup any
>longer unless you have something to *contribute*.  If you can't say
>something good, don't say any damn thing at all!

Gees. What a junk.  Stick to the subject.
One idiot (or was it a crook :) ) posted how to use KILL file (this is
another funny thing). You even do not know how to use it ?

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> Michael L. VanLoon                 Iowa State University Computation Center
>    michaelv@iastate.edu                    Project Vincent Systems Staff
>  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
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