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From: bem@news.cmc.net (brian moore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever
Date: 31 Jan 1997 05:29:46 GMT
Organization: Chambers Multimedia Connection
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Message-ID: <5cs00a$14n$1@news.cmc.net>
References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c8jlm$50u@cynic.portal.ca>
<m23evrulla.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> <32EA25AB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org>
<5qC7y0gTzDLB091yn@ibm.net> <32ECB442.41C67EA6@freebsd.org>
<32ED1866.34F02393@indiana.edu> <32ED4897.193@indy.celebration.net>
<877mkxslwx.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl>
<5cnbev$3q2@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
<5cq429$s2n@innocence.interface-business.de>
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To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch)
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[Posted and mailed]
Okay, the whole paragraph:
> In practice however I don't see the problem. The fact that Linux can
> use GPL'd code makes that sometimes it can develop faster. All in all
> Linux is used much more in commercial settings, although FreeBSD is
> clearly better.
It's there. Only thing changed was to start the quote from the middle of
the paragraph, which is perfectly legit. The position of the line
breaks wasn't even changed.
In article <5cq429$s2n@innocence.interface-business.de>,
j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig) wrote:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.networking, Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>
>> >All in all
>> >Linux is used much more in commercial settings, although FreeBSD is
>> >clearly better.
>>
>> There's nothing like a blanket statement like that for invalidating
>> an otherwise quite reasonable article.
>
> Take care of your quotes, Thomas. I can't seem to find your quoted
> sentence in <877mkxslwx.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> which you are
> referencing.
>
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