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From: arichfld@cs.sun.ac.za (Antony Richfield)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: BSD sluggish compared to Linux?
Date: 20 Nov 1994 18:03:41 GMT
Organization: University of Stellenbosch
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John Miller (jsm@netcom.com) wrote:
: FLAMEBAIT ALERT!

: Mr. Richfield posted a similar message over in the Linux groups, 
: but with the opposite spin, i.e., I hear Linux is not as fast 
: as BSD.  

: Whatta maroon.  

No, sir, I am getting exactly what I wanted;  email telling me the exact 
relative merits of both OSes from both points of view.  It's the effects,
not the causes,  that count .... try it sometime when you want the whole
story behind something; it really works!

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Antony Richfield at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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