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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!epflnews!news From: Bora <Dejan.Djukic@circ.de.epfl.ch> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:20:03 +0100 Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Lines: 33 Message-ID: <312219C3.79C2@circ.de.epfl.ch> References: <4er9hp$5ng@orb.direct.ca> <strenDM7Gr4.Cn2@netcom.com> <DMD8rr.oIB@isil.lloke.dna.fi> <4f9skh$2og@dyson.iquest.net> <4fg8fe$j9i@pell.pell.chi.il.us> <4fm2b1$ivs@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: circhp6.epfl.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6a (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.07 9000/712) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:13833 comp.os.linux.development.system:17397 Well, this is how the poor man's logic works: Premisses: There are (say) two good free unix systems for Intel. Both (and many more) are distributed by WC on CDs. WC has a ftp file server on a PC machine. This machine works under one of these two unix systems. Now the logic (poor as it may be): Whichever is better (more suitable) for WC is better (more suitable) for me. Proof: WC (presumably) wants to get the job done. So do I. They (probably) have no time to hack, collect patches, (re)compile, fine tune. So have not I. WC are (definitely) bigger experts that I. Therefore I follow their choice. Just not to be misunderstood: better & more suitable means merely better & more suitable for ME. Which is statistically independent from what is better & more suitable for anyone else. Everyone is free to choose according to their criteria provided that they make effort to do so. E.G. someone ready to hack, collect patches etc. would choose the other one and certainly make it much much better (more suitable). Bora