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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux
Date: 02 Sep 1995 06:59:13 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: michael@okjunc.junction.net's message of 1 Sep 1995 19:12:04 GMT
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In article <427lu4$cn8@felix.junction.net> michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) writes:
If you need commercial software, then use whichever O/S supports the
applications you need. FreeBSD can run many commercial apps compiled for
BSDI, Linux has many commercial apps available, both FreeBSD and Linux
can run commercial apps compiled for SCO, FreeBSD has an alpha version of
a Linux environment that will run commercial Linux apps.
For the record, NetBSD does all this as well. And, the Linux
emulation in NetBSD-current is (currently) more mature than that in
FreeBSD. Still, I'd highly recommend FreeBSD to a new user over
NetBSD or Linux. And, I'd recommend NetBSD to a seasoned Unix veteran
who knows what he's doing and loves unix by choice.
Sometimes advocacy makes sense as in Windows vs. Linux/FreeBSD/NetBSD
Sometimes advocacy is ludicrous and irrelevant as in FreeBSD vs. Linux
Very well said.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4, PC532,
DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), DEC/AXP (Alpha)
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX and others...
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