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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD
Date: 22 Jun 1995 20:05:28 +0200
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Umm, i forgot this in my previous reply:

>Larry Riedel <larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu> wrote:

>I don't think anyone should be surprised if the day comes soon when the
>number of FreeBSD users can be stored in an unsigned char.

Considering the 20++ GB/d of FreeBSD software ftp.cdrom.com has been
feeding into the Internet right after 2.0.5R has been announced, your
unsigned char must be a somewhat huge thing, i suppose.

:^)
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)