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From: andreas@orion.mgen.uni-heidelberg.de (Andreas Helke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: We a FAQ: Linux vs. *BSD!!!
Date: 14 Oct 1994 20:55:18 GMT
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Ken Hughes (hughes@napa.eng.uop.edu) wrote:
: I wonder how the Windows-DOS-OS/2 people react to these questions?  Does
: anyone ever ask over in those groups?  Or is everyone there resigned to the 
: fact that OS/2 is best or Windows is best or Chicago/Windows 95 will be best
: or that they're all SOL?  :-)

You only have to look at the multiple 100 post flamewars that regulary come
up in comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy. The Windows solution is simply to assign
a special newsgroup for this discussion.

Andreas
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