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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 16 Nov 1995 23:10:54 -0800
Organization: The Deacon Brodie Fan Club
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In article <48bc76$ma9@helena.mt.net>,
Nate Williams <nate@sneezy.sri.com> wrote:
>In article <48ajue$3h6@muirwood.convex.com>,
>Larry Daffner <ldaffner@news.eng.convex.com> wrote:
>>4) User base: from what I can tell, there's a LOT more Linux users out
>>there than FreeBSD users. So there's more people out there that might
>>be able to help if you run into a problem. Then again, depending on
>>how standard your hardware is, it might not be a problem.
>
>Too true, but the tide is shifting. Many 'new' users use Linux, but many
>experienced unix and former Linux users have been switching to FreeBSD.
Hmm. That's an interesting observation; how are you measuring
this tide, anyways?
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