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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!panix!cmcl2.nyu.edu!news.nyu.edu!not-for-mail From: fox@c a t . n y u . e d u (David Fox) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 31 Mar 1997 14:54:41 -0500 Organization: NYU Media Research Lab. Lines: 21 Sender: fox@graphics.cat.nyu.edu Message-ID: <y5avi67alby.fsf@graphics.cat.nyu.edu> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <01bc32f2$3783f300$04000001@Colin> <E79F14.n7z@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> <332f5ffb.519605@news.sprynet.com> <5h51ma$b1u$2@kayrad.ziplink.net> <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <5hbh2g$gah$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> <5hbv1h$7ti@twin.wasatch.com> <5hcqat$dor$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: graphics.cat.nyu.edu In-reply-to: mi@rtfm.ziplink.net's message of 27 Mar 1997 03:42:21 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19655 comp.os.linux.misc:167530 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38247 In article <5hcqat$dor$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> mi@rtfm.ziplink.net (Mikhail Teterin) writes: ] Honorable Bob Hauck ] wrote on 26 Mar (in article <5hbv1h$7ti@twin.wasatch.com>): ] ] >> Another common misconception :) Your computer did not get any slower ] >> since the time you bought it... Unlike cars, computers don't get ] >> worse with time (well, they may break)... ] ] =Actually, sometimes Windows does get slower and less stable over ] =time. As the user installs applications, the system databases ] =(win.ini, system.ini or the registry) get filled up with useless ] =junk and the system directories accumulate assorted libraries and ] =behind-the-scenes "upgrades" are performed to the system. ] ] Well, I meant the hardware... The velocity of the hardware was zero from day one. -- David Fox http://www.cat.nyu.edu/fox xoF divaD NYU Media Research Lab fox@cat.nyu.edu baL hcraeseR aideM UYN