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From: dleeds@MCS.COM (Daniel Leeds)
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Subject: Re: Unix for PC
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Date: 30 Nov 1994 15:25:38 -0600
Organization: Another one bites the dust...
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Tundra Tim Daneliuk (tundra@ct.covia.com) wrote:

: You can't be serious! Solaris is buggy and **SLOW**.  Personally, I'd
: pick none of the above (although I actually had pretty good results with
: AIX for the PS/2).  My first choice would be one of the BSD derivatives:
: BSDI if you need a commercial product that is rock solid, well supported,
: and ultra-fast.   FreeBSD if you can live with a "free" product.

Ditto.  As far as commercial UNIX for Intel, BSDI is the *only* product 
I'd ever recommend.  Kudos to Jordan and the FreeBSD team as well.  

Daniel

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