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From: Borg <vladimip@iceonline.com*>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:38:30 -0800
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David M. Fogarty wrote:
........
> > Hello! I'm sorry if I bring up a common subject but I'm in no way an
> > expert Linux or FreeBSD user (and know little of Unix in general). In
........
> You're just going to have to break down and try them both yourself. ;)
> I started with Linux but I now use only FreeBSD.  It's a matter of
> personal preference - they both get the job done.

I agree they are both good and it's just a matter of
personal preference. However, I know one FreeBSD or NetBSD
user (an employee of my ISP) who apparently hates Linux
so much that he even calles his computer linuxsucks.

[vlad@borg vlad]$ nslookup linuxsucks.iceonline.com
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Name:    linuxsucks.iceonline.com
Address:  206.12.154.70

I asked him why he said it was clumsy, ugly and so on.
I think I still have his email message somewhere here.
I am not sure why he said that, I've been using Linux
for one year already and been quite happy with it. He'd
be better of to rename it to microsoftsucks.iceonline.com.

Regards,
Vlad