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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!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!eugene From: eugene@cs.umb.edu (Eugene O'Neil) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: Mon, 07 Apr 97 18:03:24 GMT Organization: MORE Systems, inc. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5ibcqr$cuj@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <5i2383$hjv$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <5i45ed$i9@flea.best.net> <5i47g8$eat@xmission.xmission.com> <5i4etb$64l@flea.best.net> <5i4lim$jo7@xmission.xmission.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos-ma11-13.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Apr 07 1:02:03 PM CDT 1997 X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19935 comp.os.linux.misc:168533 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38681 In article <5i4lim$jo7@xmission.xmission.com>, klaus@xmission.com@editme.first wrote: >So tell me.... what makes NT "shit" or "garbage" oh great elder of the >software world. Technically. And how does that affect the market it is >aimed at? You should have a thousand reasons. I have two boxes on my >desk. One Unix, one NT. I know which is easier to use, has compilers >which support multithreading and templates efficiently, as well as >exceptions, even in multithreaded code.. and I hate to tell you >this.. but it ain't any of the Unixes I run on. And I also know which >one stays up longer... and which one cost less. Matter of fact.. any >time they want.. they can haul that other box away. I rarely use it >anymore. Takes too long to get anything done. > >-klaus If your version of UNIX cost more than NT, I guess you don't run Linux or FreeBSD, which is odd, considering the newsgroups this thread is posted to. I don't know what version of UNIX you are running, but it must be pretty bad if you think NT is better! If you want to try something new, clear out a little disk partition and give Debian Linux a whirl. Hey, it's free. At that price, what do you have to lose? -Eugene