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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!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!newspump.wustl.edu!gumby!andrews-cc!gillham From: gillham@andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular? Date: 21 Aug 1995 20:07:20 GMT Organization: Andrews University Lines: 23 Message-ID: <41ap1o$gt3@orion.cc.andrews.edu> References: <DDACyE.CBt@seas.ucla.edu> <40uuep$8jk@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <412dkc$nml@orion.cc.andrews.edu> <419nbv$qdj@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: edmund.cs.andrews.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:822 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4893 In article <419nbv$qdj@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de writes: > >Ask WC how many CD's they've already sold. > >I've also given many tapes of it away. Mostly to users that might >have a `light' Internet access (often restricted to mail only), but >who would be unable to suck every damn piece of software by FTP of >their own. The package scenario does well fit for them. This was my point. It seems to me that the CD sales were somewhat related to the packages. You're implying as much. I also suggested that because NetBSD did not have a major CD supplier, it didn't have quite as many packages available. I may be all wet here, but your statements lend me a little credibility. Nevertheless.. No big deal. -Andrew -- ============================ Real 32bit multi-tasking UN*X System Andrew Gillham | TCP/IP,NFS,PPP,4.4BSD-lite,multi-user gillham@andrews.edu | i386,sparc,alpha,mac68k,amiga,others LAN/WAN/NW/UN*X specialist | ---> http://www.NetBSD.org <---