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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news-paris.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.sarenet.es!news From: Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD vs. Linux. The senseless war Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 21:52:51 +0200 Organization: SAREnet,SA. Lines: 60 Message-ID: <33513993.167EB0E7@sarenet.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: infovia-b-127.sarenet.es Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39011 Hello, I'm a bit tired of seeing endless and worthless flame wars about which OS is better: FreeBSD or Linux. Perhaps this message sounds a bit extreme, but, isn't it better to stop fighting like children and fighting an enemy well-worth fighting? I mean, obviously, Microsoft. They sell bad operating systems not suited for any serious usage, and they are a menace, at least for any of us who work professionally with computers. If in some years the only OSs used are Microsoft products we won't be able to avoid them! I recommend FreeBSD or Linux to lots of people. In fact, I have made a number of installations for friends here; (the most difficult part to learn is breaking ice, most people find it easier to begin if you install it for them). Until now, I have seen people abandoning Windows, but nobody abandoning FreeBSD or Linux! So, please, stop this worthless discussions! Each student who installs either FreeBSD or Linux in his/her computer is a threat for the Microsoft monopoly! And it's well worth!. This silly division is only good for Bill Gates. And diversity isn't so bad. Don't try to persuade others that either FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD or Linux are better. If someone sticks to one of these OSs, I'm quite sure it's doing its work well. But show ANY of these OSs to the poor guys to try to get an Internet/Intranet server running with NT!!! For example, here, in Spain, FreeBSD is little known, as many magazines are including CDs with Linux, but none of them are giving CDs with FreeBSD. So, when I talk to someone about free OSs as a better alternative than NT, many times I have to recommend Linux, as it's easier for them to get. I tell them that FreeBSD is more efficient, more stable, the developement os better coordinated... but Linux is much easier to get. Come on, think of it!!!!! Borja. -- *********************************************************************** Borja Marcos * Internet: borjam@we.lc.ehu.es Alangoeta, 11 1 izq * borjam@well.com 48990 - Algorta (Vizcaya) * borjamar@sarenet.es SPAIN * CompuServe: 100015,3502 *********************************************************************** NOTE TO BULK EMAIL SENDERS: When I receive an unsolicited advertisement, I take some time to send complaints not only to your service provider, but to the next level providers who serve your ISP.