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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!205.252.116.190!feed1.news.erols.com!super.zippo.com!zdc!szdc!szdc-e!news From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@indy.celebration.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 12:33:57 -0800 Organization: AT&T Lines: 14 Message-ID: <32F8EEB5.3B32@indy.celebration.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net> <5c19pg$rf6@lynx.dac.neu.edu> <5c39sk$ddl@troma.rv.tis.com> <5c8jlm$50u@cynic.portal.ca> <m23evrulla.fsf@desk.crynwr.com> <5cdqos$e6k@camel1.mindspring.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.970201040446.16129A-100000@ux8.cso.uiuc.edu> <32F378FC.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <slrn5ekm26.5ml.ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar> <32F68743.2781E494@freebsd.org> <slrn5feb63.93l.ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar> <32F73973.167EB0E7@freebsd.org> <5d9oki$j23@halon.vggas.com> Reply-To: dyson@indy.celebration.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156031 comp.os.linux.advocacy:82326 comp.os.linux.setup:95377 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2223 James Youngman wrote: > > In article <32F73973.167EB0E7@freebsd.org>, dyson@freebsd.org says... > > >The only reason for a FreeBSD emulator that I know of is if someone would > >*for some reason* downgrade to Linux. > > Such contentious phraseology is not useful to anybody. All it will do is start > a flame war. That doesn't sound like fun to me. > Perhaps, I was a little overly enthusiastic :-). There are reasons to change from FreeBSD to Linux, I am sure though. John