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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc 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!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.thepoint.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD ... X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <4n2rcq$61e@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's Machine References: <3188C1E2.45AE@onramp.net> <4mnsc5$6qo@sundial.sundial.net> <3191ADA0.41C67EA6@sprynet.com> Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 19:56:10 GMT Lines: 34 In article <3191ADA0.41C67EA6@sprynet.com>, Stephane Russell <sstef@sprynet.com> wrote: > >When I read this and all the other news articles alike, I >understand more why Windows is selling better than Unices. It's >amazing to see how every Unix groups are fighting against each >others all the time. > I agree... We have a couple of Linux-ites who regularly troll the FreeBSD newsgroups. Their methodology is to spread negative and incorrect information, and then make the FreeBSD people who deny the misinformation look mean-spirited... ANY disinformation is bad, and you'll find very little of it in these groups except from those certain individuals. You'll notice that good people will generally correct themselves when corrected with the facts. It is sad that there are a few individuals that try to rain on other's parade, this isn't even an advocacy newsgroup :-(. Your comments about Microsoft are sad but true. I am in the position of having to specify NT in certain apps, unless U**X is much better. Luckily, U**X still has a foot-in-the-door in the large scale server market and it's new market of embedded controllers. Microsoft has built so much cruft and inefficiency into NT (I have to program the NT beast), it is likely we can keep the big-server market until we make inroads into the workstation area. But near term, servers and embedded controllers are probably the best market for the likes of FreeBSD. If I could get a real -- document compatible copy of Microsoft Office for FreeBSD, I could use it for OA applications. That isn't in Microsoft's interest though :-(. John dyson@freebsd.org