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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Advocacy in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc (was Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD ...)
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 15:51:16 -0700
Organization: Me
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Sean Reifschneider wrote:
] >] Discussion about FreeBSD which does not fall into the area
] > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^--------------------
] >As in "*NOT* about Linux".
]
] Several months ago when I loaded FreeBSD onto one of my machines here
] (after having run Linux for about 8 months) and said "Hey, COOL
] feature". I thought about starting a thread discussing what the Linux
] and FreeBSD camps could learn from each other. I finally decided that
] people most likely would turn it into a flame war.
]
] So would a discussion about FreeBSD and Linux go in a Linux group or
] a FreeBSD group, or would you rather not hear it at all? Personally
] I think both camps can learn something interesting from the other.
I think they can, too.
The point is to be able to shutdown flame threads, cold.
The "Historic opportunity" thread, was for the most part,
architectural discussion having nothing to do with OS
advocacy.
The non-FreeBSD advocacy arguments are what is unwelcome.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.