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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
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Date: 8 Apr 1994 12:22:00 +0930
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In article <2nq530$7hh@hecate.umd.edu>, Mark Sienkiewicz (mark@elea.umd.edu) wrote:
> In article <2nmeb4$ro@menudo.uh.edu>, cosc19v2 <cosc19v2@menudo.uh.edu> wrote:
> You may have noticed that many BSD users already have rather strong
> biases about what their computer should be like, and it doesn't include
> primitive boot loaders pretending to be operating systems. [ :) ] Also,
> notice that it seems to be a point of pride to say "My machine has been
> up for XX days." That also suggests a lack of DOS.
> I think a lot of us don't *want* DOS on our machines, therefore haven't
> spent a lot of time figuring out how to make it work.
Yes! I've often mentioned this to people who complain about the lack
of a DOS emulator for BSD. I tell them that the reason it's taking so
long is that the vast majority of people who use BSD are doing so because
they can't stand the sight of a C> prompt and want to use a real operating
system.
They usually don't see the joke. :-)
I think the rapidity with which Linux's dosemu has developed is due to
the fact that most Linux people are DOSers who have been convered to UNIX.
By and large, BSD types seem to be UNIX people who wouldn't even consider
running DOS in the first place, let along emulating it.
- mark
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