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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!minnow.render.com!news From: dfr@render.com (Doug Rabson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular? Date: 15 Aug 1995 10:14:24 GMT Organization: RenderMorphics Ltd. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <DFR.95Aug15111424@manta.render.com> References: <DDACyE.CBt@seas.ucla.edu> <VIXIE.95Aug14011302@wisdom.home.vix.com> <40ng5m$tr@sundog.tiac.net> <40o8tv$2sm@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <40oq62$6d4@genesis.domino.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: manta.render.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: render.demon.co.uk In-reply-to: neil@domino.org's message of 15 Aug 1995 00:36:18 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:736 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4416 comp.os.linux.advocacy:16316 In article <40oq62$6d4@genesis.domino.org> neil@domino.org (Neil J. McRae) writes: > [...] > > My employer uses NetBSD extensively, and the reason is that NetBSD is a > damn good, high quality product. NetBSD's marketing is done via word > of mouth, NetBSD's only marketing is quality of the final product itself. I know Neil's employer and they certainly do some pretty impressive things with NetBSD. Thats not to say that they couldn't do those same things with FreeBSD boxes. I would settle for them just updating their FreeBSD mirror though :-) -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 251 4411 These are not the opinions of Microsoft. FAX: +44 171 251 0939