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From: no_junk_email@east.sun.com (Nils Nieuwejaar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: 28 Jan 1997 23:07:29 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems - High Performance Computing Group
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J.C. Archambeau <jca@bighorn.accessnv.com> wrote:
>
>A lot of it depends on what you are looking for in a Unix based OS.  If
>you are use to working with Suns (as I am) then you'd be more
>preferrential to BSD. 

You'll have to be a bit more specific.  SunOS was BSD-like, so a SunOS
user is likely to be more comfortable with *BSD.  Solaris is SysV-like,
so a Solaris user is likely to be more comfortable with Linux.

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