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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular?
Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Date: 02 Sep 1995 07:03:08 GMT
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In article <428b91$jt5@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu> jmcnalle@attila.stevens-tech.edu (James McNalley) writes:
Jason R. Thorpe (thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) wrote:
: No. Linux is Linux, a freely-redistributable UNIX-like system. Of course,
: in the Linux world, the term `Linux' is non-deterministic. _Which_ Linux
: are _you_ talking about? (This is, BTW, one of Linux's most fundamental
: problems.)
Actually, I like to think of that as one of linux's most fundamental
strengths. You can use the linux kernel as the basis for almost
kind of unix system you might need, from a floppy-only fixit
disk to a full blown development and graphics workstation to
a server system. It is *so* flexible :)
Which begs the question: what keeps you from doing the exact same
thing with any other "unix" kernel?
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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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