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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.orst.edu!news.BSDI.COM!uunet!in1.uu.net!206.137.0.2!picard.chickasaw.com!picard.chickasaw.com!smcmahon From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@chickasaw.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:20:23 -0600 Organization: Chickasaw Nation Net Lines: 21 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95q.970130091833.7425E-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net><5c19pg$rf6@lynx.dac.neu.edu> <5c39sk$ddl@troma.rv.tis.com><5c8jlm$50u@cynic.portal.ca> <m23evrulla.fsf@desk.crynwr.com><32EA25AB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <5qC7y0gTzDLB091yn@ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: picard.chickasaw.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <5qC7y0gTzDLB091yn@ibm.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154710 comp.os.linux.networking:66406 comp.os.linux.setup:94275 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5764 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2070 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51195 comp.os.os2.advocacy:263956 On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Mouth of the South wrote: > Not only do these principles apply to Linux vs. BSD, but also to Linux vs. > operating systems from companies such as Microsoft and IBM, who imagine they > can forever continue to distribute products TOTALLY object code only. You don't suppose the facts that they're making billions of dollars selling those products, that they have increasing market share, and that the most popular Unixes aren't Linux has anything to do with this "imagining" of theirs, do you? > Their darkness will be replaced by the light of Linux. Weren't those Jeanne Dixon's last words? -- Shawn McMahon | Smokesignals Computer Company Senior System Operator | Southern Oklahoma's Internet Service Provider Chickasaw Nation Net | 405 332-0033 http://www.chickasaw.com