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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 5 Dec 1995 22:30:23 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc) wrote:
] It's good that Linux does support all this funky hardware, but
] it certainly isn't because it's Linux -- it just has a larger
] userbase than the xBSD systems do. As the xBSD user community
] grows, that userbase will result in more funky hardware support,
] which is as it should be.
I'd like to question this premise. UnixWare has a larger user
base than Linux, yet UnixWare doesn't support QIC-40/80 drives.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.