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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4983 comp.os.linux.misc:33780 comp.os.os2.advocacy:75224 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!ivory.lm.com!not-for-mail From: peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 21 Jan 1995 14:27:11 -0500 Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh, PA USA Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3frn6f$ps3@ivory.lm.com> References: <3fm171$hes@ivory.lm.com> <1995Jan21.052259.12168@ka4ybr.com> <3fq9j4$7ql@ivory.lm.com> <hastyD2rqxn.6M9@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivory.lm.com In article <hastyD2rqxn.6M9@netcom.com>, Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> wrote: >Well, I have used BSDI . > >As for support, I rather have FreeBSD or Linux. >Why do I like FreeBSD or Linux ? > Well, the cheer number of developers out in the Net that > can help me with a problem or the users which > in many instances also rally around a product to support it. > Specially, for not so obvious problems. Sure, this is an entirely reasonable position. Example: I have a Gravis Ultrasound. FreeBSD and Linux both support it; BSDI does not. If using it under Unix was important to me, choosing the free system would be the right thing to do. >I am not saying that BSDI support is bad or that their product >is inferior. And I'm not saying that Linux/Free/NetBSD are inferior products -- I was just responding to knee jerks who assume that all commercial products and support staff are cut from the same cloth as Microsoft. -- ...................................................................... Peter G. Berger, Esq. Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh Internet: peterb@telerama.lm.com Phone: 412/481-3505 Fax: 412/481-8568 http://www.lm.com/~peterb