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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bone.think.com!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!not-for-mail From: patl@lcs.mit.edu (Patrick J. LoPresti) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 07 Feb 1997 18:55:32 -0500 Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Lines: 29 Sender: patl@joseki.lcs.mit.edu Message-ID: <s5gu3now4qz.fsf@joseki.lcs.mit.edu> 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> <slrn5fejrn.353.bet@onyx.interactive.net> <32F788CE.7DA1@indy.celebration.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: joseki.lcs.mit.edu X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156736 comp.os.linux.advocacy:82749 comp.os.linux.setup:95907 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2349 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> "dyson" == John S Dyson <dyson@indy.celebration.net> writes: dyson> I am sorry that you had problems with FreeBSD, but facts is dyson> facts, we hear about people moving to FreeBSD from Linux all dyson> of the time. (Even GPL people who say things like "I had to dyson> hold my nose" :-)). Of course, the real question is what fraction of the users of each system make this switch. If Linux users outnumber FreeBSD users by 10 to 1, and people switching from Linux to FreeBSD outnumber those switching vice-versa by 5 to 1, that would hardly argue in favor of FreeBSD. What is the estimated size of the FreeBSD user base? Just curious. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBMvvA8Xr7ES8bepftAQFjkAQAmFzMoEfzTqSLkwyV0ErEhZ9mo7m1VgR9 sGXoskn86pQ5y+DKuR9KsWdj9apKLAgzTy7ZA/Hw7Gpt7yUV4ZU3LhZewoyiJCrK KuOukBwgANBxGJxmHxN2jhe0cxcLRMcZ3Evf64eEWKFemWtBHsnj24AxKsOnfvfh 2xIgj9BNYYg= =ZSdG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----