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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!eclipse!usenet From: bthanis@torolab.ibm.com (Bill Thanis) Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Sender: usenet@eclipse.torolab.ibm.com (eclipse sysadm) Message-ID: <BTHANIS.96Jan3085314@hawk.torolab.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: ck@news.toplink.de's message of 3 Jan 1996 09:34:51 GMT Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:53:14 GMT Lines: 18 References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4bthbq$mfp@mark.ucdavis.edu> <4c8o00$p5e@news1.halcyon.com> <4c9op2$k9o@mark.ucdavis.edu> <4ca3gu$4nc@news1.halcyon.com> <4cdijr$hjg@toplink1.toplink.net> Organization: IBM Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:32245 alt.os.linux:6932 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11579 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1734 >I think a very large portion of the FreeBSD and NetBSD user community would >considre an IDE CDROM (and also other ide devices) a "wierd device" they would >not touch with 5 foot isolated pole ;-> If its dropped into your lap, you use it. IBM has tonnes of old MICROCHANNEL 386's on peoples desk because they run OS/2 and a word-processor. Most Professional environments whose sole job is not development use old machines, because they do what is needed. Remember there is more IDE or compatible bus based machines out there, than every other system combined. >This could be an indicication that FreeBSD is used far more in professional >scsi only environments and far less in a home/garage environments. This may be the reason the user base of Linux is five to ten times bigger than FreeBSD.