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From: lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 20:31:41 GMT
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>>I don't need to be around as long as you to know that an OS designed
>>25 years ago on computers with less than 64K RAM is easier to use than
>>one that was made on computers running at 200MHz and with 64MB RAM 4
>>years ago (like NT).
>
>So you are saying that Unix is easier than NT?

Where'd u get that from? Also, NT was made when GUIs were and still
are popular (although I'd rather have voice command. They're pretty
cool if they work well.