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From: hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux
Date: 20 Feb 1996 18:14:50 GMT
Organization: linux.* maintainer
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Followup to:  <4g5ivp$28m@park.uvsc.edu>
By author:    Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.development.system
>
> Sigh.
> 
> I know my explanations have been more technical than the average
> user's interest level.  I will try and distill them:
> 

No, Terry.  You are just not particularly convincing.

	-hpa

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