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From: Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Good Job FreeBSD.org
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 14:30:15 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
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I just want to express my appreciation of the work the freebsd.org
has done on freebsd. On Intel I have run the following UNIX OSs:
1. Microport V286 (1984-88).
2. ESIX SYSV3.2 and 4.0 (1989-93).
3. Small stint of SCO UNIX, 1993, sent it back to SCO.
4. Unixware 1993-1996
5. Solaris x86, 1995, tried it and sent it back.
6. Linux 1995, tied it, network cards and networking tbls
trashed it. NE[1,2}000 series has problems.
7. FreeBSD 2.1R, 1996 to present. No problems, a fine touch
on the docs would help as well as some gui admin interface
sometime in the future. Solid product, networking great,
lacks some commercial apps WP & SP, but they might come.
I use vi, html, and gui editors in the mean time. I love
this OS and would like to see SMP mature in the next year.
Hell, I have been an AT&T UNIX freak for years, this is my first go
at BSD, for the price/performance ratio, I think this is the best
personal and networking (Intel based) UNIX on the market.
No flames to SCO, Linux, Solaris or Unixware, just my personal
experience.
My hardware: Tyan Dual Pent 133MZ, 64MB RAM, ATI Graphics Pro,
Toshiba 3601 4X CD, HP 35480 DAT, Archive 2525S QIC, Segate SCSI-2,
Fujitsu Wide SCSI-3.
Keep up the good work.
-Ron
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