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From: orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: 20 Feb 1996 16:33:48 -0800
Organization: The Dread Pirate Roberts
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In article <312219C3.79C2@circ.de.epfl.ch>,
Bora <Dejan.Djukic@circ.de.epfl.ch> wrote:
>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.
For completeness, you should probably state what the job is.
You and I might know that the job for WC is to ftp serve an
awful lot of people as efficiently as possible, and (presumably?)
that's what you want to do, but the listening public doesn't
necessarily know.
(If WC was using windows NT to do ftp serving, it might also be the
best operating system for you, but it's good to figure out your needs
before saying (and this applies for Linux as well as FreeBSD) "so-and-so
uses X, so it must be the best for me." so you don't end up me-tooing
into a system that may not best serve your needs.)
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