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From: rcarter@shellx.best.com (Russell Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too)
Date: 16 Dec 1995 09:36:29 -0800
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In article <4au4fo$pbo@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Nick Kralevich <nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>In article <4att23$mha@agate.berkeley.edu>,
>Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>Several people have done surveys and presented their results in this
>>newsgroup, though those results are now so out date as to be useless and I
>
>Regardless of this, I would still like to see information on those
>out of date surveys.  Really!  I am curious.  I will keep the fact
>that the surveys are out of date in my mind when I look at them.
>Now if you would be kind enough to post some, ANY, sources, I would
>appreciate it.  Instead, you are trying to attack me personally.
>Sigh.  More personal attacks.  I expected more from you, Jordan.

[ stuff deleted ]

>I look forward to any numbers you can give us, even if they are out of
>date.  Perhaps we can try to keep this conversation from falling into
>a personal flame war.

Hello Nick,

It wouldn't degenerate toward such uselessness if you did not repeatedly
demonstrate aggressive ignorance toward the BSD side, which has the
unfortunate consequence of making your representations hold zero
(or in this case, negative) value.  Your previous comments on documentation,
etc., are just uninformed propaganda, why would anyone take the time to
explore anything else you say?

If the sheer numbers are important to you, why haven't you practiced
what you preach, and jump into the mighty user community for Windows?
Clearly, whatever point you were making about Linux and FreeBSD on the
basis of the largest user community, applies just as much for Windows
and Linux.  Only the point is made to the nth degree.

So what was that point, again?

Taking care,
Russell

>
>Take care,
>-- Nick Kralevich
>   nickkral@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu
>
>