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From: Markus Baeurle <s671687@rghx50.gp.fht-esslingen.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular?
Date: 25 Aug 1995 13:08:46 GMT
Organization: Hochschule fuer Technik Esslingen
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curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) wrote:
>article on Linux. This is all well and fine, except that this is
>from a fellow proposing essentially that Linux is the new saviour
>in University environments because it's free. At last, University
>researchers have access to a free Unix that can run on hardware
>they can afford, and may already have! There is, of course, no
>mention of VAX BSD, no mention of 386BSD or any of the following

>And to top it off there's an entirely uncritical "Binary Critic"
>column by Ted Lewis that states now that Windows 95 is here we can
>say good-bye to Macs, OS/2, and even Novell NetWare! Has this man

Why not go and write a letter to the editor? Hopefully they'll print it. I often
read letters to the editor to hear a different point of view on various topics.
At least it's the best you can do to correct this crap.

MB