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From: Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net>
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Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular?
Date: 15 Aug 1995 02:22:42 GMT
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larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel) wrote:
>Arthur D. Jerijian (jerijian@typhoon.seas.ucla.edu) wrote:
>> I'm posting this message to all appropriate newsgroups.  I'm interested in
>> hearing what makes FreeBSD and Linux much more popular than NetBSD.
>
>Marketing.
>

Are you sure it isn't the sales force?   :)

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