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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!neoucom.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.seanet.com!news.seanet.com!michaelv From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about Linux vs. FreeBSD... Followup-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 16 Dec 1995 07:00:32 GMT Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <MICHAELV.95Dec15230040@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4ao0f8$1qc@pell.pell.chi.il.us> <4aodm3$gcj@exit.com> <4aq628$psa@ionews.io.org> <4aqdpk$552@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mindbender.seanet.com In-reply-to: grail@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu's message of 14 Dec 1995 23:59:48 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:6431 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30445 comp.os.linux.misc:75816 comp.os.linux.setup:32491 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10534 In article <4aqdpk$552@solaris.cc.vt.edu> grail@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu (Giao Nguyen) writes: Christopher B. Browne (cbbrown@io.org) wrote: : The downside to FreeBSD at this point is that a lot of the commercial : efforts have been going into Linux. If I call the Wingz folks, they : know about Linux. Likewise for Angoss. Likewise for quite a : variety of commercial providers that have been springing up. Commercial : products seem less available for FreeBSD, which is somewhat unfortunate. Hm...I disagree. There are some products that I can only find for FreeBSD (Netscape Commerce Server) and many products are unavailable for Linux simply due to rather kernel stabilities. Uh... I think you totally missed something. Both NetBSD and FreeBSD run Linux binaries. So that advantage goes completely out the window. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -