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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2626 comp.os.linux.development:17620 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!sgiblab!pacbell.com!well!barrnet.net!oz.cdrom.com!oz.cdrom.com!jkh From: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.linux.development Subject: Re: We a FAQ: Linux vs. *BSD!!! Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.linux.development Date: 15 Oct 1994 05:12:01 GMT Organization: Walnut Creek CD-ROM Lines: 20 Message-ID: <JKH.94Oct14221201@freefall.cdrom.com> References: <jmonroyCxLro2.IF6@netcom.com> <JKH.94Oct13042845@freefall.cdrom.com> <37mflh$f6s@unix1.cc.uop.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: freefall.cdrom.com In-reply-to: hughes@napa.eng.uop.edu's message of 14 Oct 1994 17:37:53 GMT In article <37mflh$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 As you seem to concur, the FAQ will be out of date and essentially useless far too rapidly to make the effort of writing it anything but a wasted one.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