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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
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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.
	

	
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