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From: hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: SCSI compat - cards vs costs
Date: 10 Sep 94 15:27:52 GMT
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e9322899@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au (James Lever) writes:

>Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com) wrote:
>: Are you asking which system, from NetBSD and FreeBSD, is more Internet
>: aware??  It depends on which one you hook up to the Internet.  I think
>: you would be hard pressed to call either more "Internet aware" than
>: the other.  Both have excellent networking support, if that's what you
>: mean.  And, both come with built-in PPP and SLIP.

>sorry I should rephrase that question.. which system will function better 
>on a long term connection (either slip/ppp or via direct ethernet connection)
>and which system is generally better - ie. less broken/better functionallity
> 

Try them both and see!  Seriously - do you think people have nothing
better to do than to sit down and compare apples with apples?

Cheers

Leigh
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