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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!news.inap.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <4l4jlm$2lb@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's Machine References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <4ktpup$361@nntpb.cb.att.com> <4l1dbl$12qu@news.missouri.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 05:24:06 GMT Lines: 30 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21998 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:763 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3408 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3256 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17874 comp.os.linux.advocacy:46651 In article <4l1dbl$12qu@news.missouri.edu>, Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt <rhys@vortex.cc.missouri.edu> wrote: >John S. Dyson (dyson@inuxs.inh.att.com) wrote: > >: >See? Again and again you address technical issues. Technical issues, >: >in general, don't matter. > >: They do if a system is dog slow, or really inept. > >Windows is dog slow. Linux is not. Linux (unix) is far from inept. > I did not say that Linux is inept. WinNT (esp server) isn't either. The premise was that marketing is the only thing that matters... And I responded that it does make a difference if an OS is dog slow or inept. Windows is dog slow and a bit inept.... NT isn't. In relative terms it might be SLOWER than say FreeBSD or even Linux -- but it isn't that bad (I use it also.) Windows is dying... NT isn't... > >Please explain a little more. What's wrong with the GPL? > We can start the GPL vs. BSD argument, but let's not, let it suffice to say, look at the licenses -- determine which one fits your 'agenda' or values best. The BSD license is very simple, and people are starting to remove item's 3&4 in the license terms... This is a result of some discussions including comments from Stallman, among others. John dyson@freebsd.org