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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 15 Dec 1995 07:03:40 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In article <4anf6d$8d@pell.pell.chi.il.us> orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc) writes:
In article <MICHAELV.95Dec3151810@mindbender.headcandy.com>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote:
> >At some point, you have to decide whether or not you want to make an OS
> >run on your hardware or select hardware to run an OS :)
> You're part of a minority. A lot of people just want a good
> operating system to play with, but already have a machine to put it
> on; spending the money to upgrade the machine to a configuration
> suitable to Linux or xBSD may be enough to make the user throw in
> the towel and stick with Windows or OS/2, which are both capable
> of running on quite a bit of the funky hardware out there.
>I have two things to say: Windows 95; Windows NT.
And your point is?
My point is that a lot of people who own that funky hardware out there
who never even heard of Linux or BSD are still finding themselves in
the uncomfortable position of upgrading to more competent components.
It's hardly accurate to say BSD is bad because it demands better
hardware than Linux. Required hardware upgrades are hardly a
characteristic unique to the BSDs.
The funky hardware is out there, and it's still being
developed. The vast majority doesn't really care about the
standards, as long as it will run on their machines, and the
vendors making that hardware will happily build drivers so that
their hardware will be purchased by more people. Unfortunately for
Yes, but regardless, the quality and cost of entry bars have
definitely been raised.
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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 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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