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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!andrews-cc!gillham From: gillham@andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular? Date: 24 Aug 1995 16:38:52 GMT Organization: Andrews University Lines: 20 Message-ID: <41i9us$g33@orion.cc.andrews.edu> References: <DDACyE.CBt@seas.ucla.edu> <419nbv$qdj@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <41ap1o$gt3@orion.cc.andrews.edu> <41cmbv$26t@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: edmund.cs.andrews.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:858 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5071 In article <41cmbv$26t@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de writes: > >But NetBSD is also available on CD, yes? So it would be a good >`selling point' (not only for the CDs, also for your system) to have >FRI's (*) readily available for all those around without (good) >Internet access. Right, but I would think the CD publisher would get involved. >It's not only important to have a technically superior system, users >wanna see applications. Most of the users are not hackers. Ahem, this is an argument used for *Windows*. -Andrew -- ============================ Real 32bit multi-tasking UN*X System Andrew Gillham | TCP/IP,NFS,PPP,4.4BSD-lite,multi-user gillham@andrews.edu | i386,sparc,alpha,mac68k,amiga,others LAN/WAN/NW/UN*X specialist | ---> http://www.NetBSD.org <---