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From: orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc)
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...
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Date: 18 Dec 1995 23:39:57 -0800
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In article <khan.819260489@olympic>,
Khan Klatt <khan@olympic.pacificrim.net> wrote:
>You ***may*** be able to run the Netscape Commerce Server (for BSDI) on a
>FreeBSD or NetBSD box, but I'd place a small bet that you can't on Linux.
If I was a gambling man, I'd take that bet.
Tell me, when will WordPerfect be ported to FreeBSD? And while
you're at it, can you tell me just what good this pitiful dickwaving
over basically identical systems will do except for amusing Microsoft
while the free unix camps get labeled as a bunch of humorless morons
who can't be trusted with mission-critical software? Jesus, the
engineers at Netscape have already said that the future of
operating systems is NT, so why don't we try just a little harder
to kill off Linux and FreeBSD, just to make sure that no version of
Unix will survive to disprove that horrific prediction.
>Further, the binary you download for Netscape Navigator for Linux is
>unsupported, and will continue to be unsupported, yet if you purchase
>a BSDI version of Netscape Navigator, they will support the software..
>of course, it's not a good idea to mention you're not using BSDI when
>talking to the tech... ;-)
So, as you said; unsupported.
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david parsons \bi/ orc@pell.chi.il.us
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