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From: Wes Peters <wes@dayna.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 16:32:36 -0700
Organization: Dayna Communications
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Goatboy wrote:
> What *significant* things can UNIX do that NT4 or 95 can't?
Stay up 240 days?
Run legally for free?
Compile C and C++ programs without spending another $500?
(Debug them, edit them, etc.)
Any other stupid questions?
--
Wes Peters It was a diamond as big as the Ritz
Software Engineer What you gonna do with this, tell me
Dayna Communications Who's gonna save you when you're a slave to
A diamond as big as the Ritz