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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular?
Date: 25 Aug 1995 15:10:07 +0200
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Andrew Gillham <gillham@andrews.edu> wrote:

>>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*.

...and it's also the reason why people actually buy that crap!
-- 
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. ;-)