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From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux
Message-ID: <DpoBD1.3s2.0.macbeth@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh
References: <31657509.5E45C160@gnu.ai.mit.edu> <4k4cfa$ava@uriah.heep.sax.de> <3169406A.61F8D18D@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 01:12:36 GMT
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In article <3169406A.61F8D18D@gnu.ai.mit.edu> "H.J. Lu" <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> writes:
>Some really cool things you can only do with ELF.
And most of us couldn't care less about them. If FreeBSD switched
to ELF, I would have to spend a substantial amount of time porting
programs I use regularly, for absolutely no gain.
If ELF is so important to you, use Linux. That's the point of having
a choice of operating systems: you can choose the one with the features
you need.
-- Richard
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