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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!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!somsky From: somsky@dirac.phys.washington.edu (William R. Somsky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 18 Dec 1995 21:07:04 GMT Organization: University of Washington Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4b4l5o$ito@nntp5.u.washington.edu> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4arhgi$f0c@felix.junction.net> <4as2e7$91r@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <4b30ic$bbv@felix.junction.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dirac.phys.washington.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36145 alt.os.linux:6498 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5156 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30704 comp.os.linux.misc:76191 comp.os.linux.setup:32787 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10701 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1592 Ok, I gotta add my $0.02 here. I tired to merely "lurk" this thread, but... In article <4b30ic$bbv@felix.junction.net>, Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote: > Unfortunately, for many people, marketing hype IS reality. In order to > get people past the marketing hype of others, you need some degree of > your own marketing hype. Marketing hype is _never_ reality---these "many people" merely think it's so... And isn't part of the underlying drive/goal of both Linux and FreeBSD (and NetBSD, FSF, etc) that we're all trying _not_ to be part of those "many people"? Otherwise, wouldn't we all just be running Windows95? ________________________________________________________________________ William R. Somsky somsky@phys.washington.edu Department of Physics, Box 351560 B432 Physics-Astro Bldg Univ. of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-1560 206/616-2954