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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!netcom6!ceb From: ceb@netcom6.netcom.com (Ch. Buckley) Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?] In-Reply-To: mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu's message of Wed, 16 Nov 1994 01:56:30 GMT Message-ID: <CEB.94Nov26224131@netcom6.netcom.com> Sender: ceb@netcom.com (Ch. Buckley) Organization: Mauto, Palo Alto References: <3a9205$bqj@mall.sinica.edu.tw> <BENJY.94Nov15074901@blackjack.ai.mit.edu> <JKH.94Nov15045849@freefall.cdrom.com> <rcarterCzBL89.KrH@netcom.com> <1994Nov16.015630.97853@slate.mines.colorado.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 06:41:31 GMT Lines: 26 In article <1994Nov16.015630.97853@slate.mines.colorado.edu> mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Ade Barkah) writes: Just to add... I asked some students around campus recently, re: why they run Linux instead of *bsd... Top 3 reasons: 3. They've heard more about it from other Linux users. 2. Some of the classes here are taught with Linux. Mooooo. Such phenomena give rise to a Microsoft of freeware, with commensurate quality. and... the real reason why students here use Linux: 1. DOOM for Linux. If Id or other commercial providers weren't so paranoid about farming out porting against ND agreements, I or legions of others would have ported it by now. I'm sure it's about as hard as typing make, waiting, and perhaps intelligently kibbitzing a bit. --