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From: G Sumner Hayes <sumner+@CMU.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: which Unix to choose?
Date: Fri,  8 Nov 1996 10:39:46 -0500
Organization: Sophomore, Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> >   If you're likely
> > to want to move to non-Intel/AMD/Cyrix CPUs, stay away from FreeBSD.
> 
> AMD CPUs are fine.  For Cyrix CPUs, ``it depends''.  ISTR that all the
> newer ones do also work well.

Oops.  I was unclear.  That should have been, "If you want to move to
non-(Intel/AMD/Cyrix) CPUs..." In other words, if you're likely to want
to run an Alpha, PowerPC, Sparc, or other non-Intel-compatible
processor, NetBSD, OpenBSD, or Linux would be better choices.
Grouping error.

Sorry about the confusion.

Cordially,

  Sumner

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