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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uunet!demos1!glas!demos1!freefall.cdrom.com!jkh From: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Date: 15 Oct 94 08:12 GMT+0300 Subject: Re: We a FAQ: Linux vs. *BSD!!! Message-ID: <JKH.94Oct14221201@freefall.cdrom> References: <jmonroyCxLro2.IF6@netcom.com> Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway <notes@glas.apc.org> Lines: 20 In article <37mflh$f6s@unix1.cc.uop.edu> hughes@napa.eng.uop.edu (Ken Hughes) writes: Normally I would agree, but in this case I doubt that ignoring the questions will stop them from being asked. New people come into these Read what I said more carefully, please. I didn't propose to stop the questions, I simply proposed to stop the answers. The questions will keep coming in, but will "quench" themselves far more quickly if people simply ignore them. We're always going to have this question, there's no doubt, so the best we can do is try to minimize the amount of damage it does. 386BSD-1.0", so please don't start THAT thread again either). IMHO, the only chance for resolving this issue would be for someone to sit down and compile a list of features that shows which OS has what and which doesn't. I don't agree. As you seem to concur, the FAQ will be out of date and essentially useless far too rapidly to make the effort of writing it anything but a wasted one. Jordan