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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!pnl-oracle!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!wildcan!alexd From: alexd@system9.unisys.com (Alex Dumitru) Subject: Re: FreeBSD versus Linux Message-ID: <1994Aug15.175924.4501@system9.unisys.com> Organization: Unisys GIS (Toronto) References: <gbu.35.001F725F@uhc.com> <jmonroyCuC9ut.1n8@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 17:59:24 GMT Lines: 47 >Gary Udstrand (gbu@uhc.com) wrote: >: I want to set up a sytem at home to run XFree and SLIP. >: I will be using this >: more or less as a X terminal to connect to the computers at my office. >: Is there any advantages/disadvantages between FreeBSD or Linux? If all you want to do is use this setup as an XTerminal try both and see what works best for you and your hardware. Both OS's (and NetBSD) will do the job for you. *Do not listen* to Jesus. He's full of cow manure... >Jesus Monroy Jr (jmonroy@netcom.com) wrote: > my recommondation is that you might wait a few weeks. > 386BSD release 1.0 is scheduled to mail. Jesus! This looks very similar to something my favourite PC software house (can you guess?) does: 1. Hype up the market by telling them how great the product is. 2. Blast ads in all rags. 3. Tell the market again how great the stuff is, and why you should buy it the day it comes out (at special introductory prices!) 4. Tell the market the competition is crap. 5. Never deliver in time (due to last minute enhancements) 6. Never actually mention what the user will get (feature wise) 7. Never let people see beta releases (let alone alpha) End result - when it delivers, it's substandard, buggy and much worse than the competition. I'm not eager to check my mailbox... > That is to say, even as 386bsd is purported to be > vaporware, Bill Jolitz is ready to deliver. > > What's in the package? > I can't say, but I think the offering will be well recieved. Great. Another one of your famous waste four lines and say nothing. I don't doubt Bill is ready to deliver. But you might be doing Bill the biggest disservice with all the shit you're posting. I just wish you'd go away (stick your head somewhere warm and dark). cheers alex --- the opinions expressed in this post are mine. they are not neccessarily those of my employers, friends and enemies.