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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:725 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4429 comp.os.linux.advocacy:16475 Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!vixie!nnrp!vixie From: vixie@wisdom.home.vix.com (Paul A Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular? Date: 14 Aug 1995 08:13:02 GMT Organization: Vixie Enterprises Lines: 14 Message-ID: <VIXIE.95Aug14011302@wisdom.home.vix.com> References: <DDACyE.CBt@seas.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: wisdom.home.vix.com In-reply-to: jerijian@typhoon.seas.ucla.edu's message of Mon, 14 Aug 1995 05:37:26 GMT > I'm posting this message to all appropriate newsgroups. I'm >interested in hearing what makes FreeBSD and Linux much more popular than >NetBSD. NetBSD is quite popular among the folks who used raw 4BSD from CSRG and thought it was exactly what an operating system should be. FreeBSD and Linux are quite popular among the folks who used SCO or MiXinu and thought that operating systems ought not to be wizard-specific. -- Paul Vixie La Honda, CA "Illegitimi non carborundum." <paul@vix.com> pacbell!vixie!paul (dont let the bastards grind you down)