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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!tporczyk From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD Message-ID: <tporczykDAot9A.Gvo@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3qfhhv$7uc@titania.pps.pgh.pa.us> <3s323f$87p@agate.berkeley.edu> <3sa7tg$fu9@park.uvsc.edu> <3sb2sr$rl8@pandora.sdsu.edu> <3sc9t4$2eh@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <3sfcam$12n@pandora.sdsu.edu> <JKH.95Jun24150701@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 17:15:09 GMT Lines: 13 Sender: tporczyk@netcom15.netcom.com jkh@whisker.internet-eireann.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >I think it's more than fair to say that FreeBSD needs to have a >net.presence in order to compete more evenly with Linux, but I also >think it's fair to say that there are a number of inherent limitations >to USENET (not least of which is a _horrible_ signal-to-noise ratio) I believe that with the advent of 2.05 the traffic in this group jumped significantly. Also, do not disregard Linux-FreeBSD flamewars too easily. Flamewars do wonders for popularity and FreeBSD is not going to suffer because of it, quite the opposite. t.