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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca!ccshst01.cs.uoguelph.ca!bbarber From: bbarber@uoguelph.ca (DYE JOB) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Linux vs. BSD?! Date: 28 Feb 1995 02:56:16 GMT Organization: University of Guelph Lines: 45 Message-ID: <3iu3cg$k0q@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <3ira54$7vq@quandong.itd.adelaide.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccshst01.cs.uoguelph.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael Davies (mikey@iagu.itd.adelaide.edu.au) wrote: : You guys at *BSD _had_ a great opportunity to see a BSD running on the : world's zillion Intel-based PCs. But your infighting and refusal to merge : has seen people go to the anarchic linux platform. It is exactly that "anarchic" perspective that has lured so many would-be hackers to the Linux fold. To those of us who are new to the *NIX wars, BSD was always something that was considered to be "established." For some reason, the appeal just isn't there for many who want a different type of experience. BSD always seemed stuffy. But we don't know anything about it. Why? : Technically speaking, *BSD is better due to it's original code base. Linux : however is catching up. My service provider just switched to BSD, and the above is why. : Just like the Mac/[Intel+DOS], OS2/Windows, SunOS/Solaris, Sun/DEC battles : the technically superior product has failed [again]. Well, one difference is that Linux is still moving to become more stable. I don't think that you can just write off the progress to pandering. Anyway, I just came into this group to see about BSD. I am a faithful Linux user, but I have heard so many great things about internal code for FreeBSD that I thought I would have a look. One thing I can say about Linux (and I don't know if this is true for BSD) is that, for me, it was incredibly easy to install, while, at the same time, there were still plenty of tricky things to do. So, I wasn't too scared about continuing, because exploding packages was so easy. For the average user who wants to bust his/her but trying to learn something, there is nothing wrong with providing them with their first steps. Anyway, I hope no-one minds if I hang out and lurk for a while. ;-) Having BSD on the service-provider end has been enlightening. -Blaine -- D.O.A. => We want to create a world so free... WE CAN RUN WILD! http://sentex.net/~blaine