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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 11:43:37 -0700
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Kevin P. Neal wrote:
] 
] Bryan Seigneur (freds@gramercy.ios.com) wrote:
] : You know of course that there is Matlab for Linux (ergo,
] : probably for *BSD, too).
] 
] Sorry, this does not follow. Just because there is a Linux
] version DOES NOT mean there is a *BSD version.

BSD has Linux ABI compatability.

Because there is a Linux DOOM, there is a BSD DOOM.
Because there is a Linux QUAKE, there is a BSD QUAKE.
Because there is a Linux Mathematica, there is a BSD Mathematica.
Because there is a Linux Executor, there is a BSD Executor.

...

Doesnt work for everything, only the things most people think
are important.


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@lambert.org
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