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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.ios.com!village.ios.com!adfh From: Eric Vought <adfh@village.ios.com> 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... Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 12:33:32 -0500 Organization: Internet Online Services Lines: 19 Message-ID: <Pine.BSD.3.91.951217122906.10281D-100000@village.ios.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$552@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <4avctb$bk5@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: village.ios.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4avctb$bk5@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:6473 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30600 comp.os.linux.misc:76050 comp.os.linux.setup:32672 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10627 > : : The *feel* of FreeBSD is a little more "professional;" I'm not sure I > : : can readily explain that. I'm not sure it's really worth anything, > : : either. > : > : Well, there is this matter of FreeBSD being a *real* UNIX where Linux is > : not. > : > Without starting another flame war..but has someone PAID to have FreeBSD > approved as a *REAL* unix? If not then it's in the same boat as Linux.=) Um... If it looks like UNIX, is compliant with UNIX standards (as much as any other UNIX is `standard'), runs UNIX software, etc, who cares who has approved it? If the tool works, use it. (well, that's not completely valid I suppose. If Bill Gates approved it, I'd delete it.) After all, if it has a bill like a duck, lays eggs like a duck, and has webbed feet like a duck... its a platypus!