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From: JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: 5 Feb 1997 10:49:54 GMT
Organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems
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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.

-- 
James Youngman       VG Gas Analysis Systems |The trouble with the rat-race 
 Before sending advertising material, read   |is, even if you win, you're 
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html|still a rat.