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From: gbuchanan@on.sympatico.ca (Gardner Buchanan)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: 28 Mar 1997 00:18:51 GMT
Organization: Sympatico
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In article <333A7574.B20@absyss.fr>,
Douglas Seay <seay@absyss.fr> writes:
> Goatboy wrote:
>
>> What *significant* things can UNIX do that NT4 or 95 can't?
>
> concurrent logins (ie - true multi-user) for starters
My favorite:
Be effectively maintained, from far away, over a slow link.
Picture 300bps from Ottawa to Egypt. Not fun, but you can do it.
Try that with NT.
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Gardner Buchanan <gbuchanan@sympatico.ca>
Ottawa, ON