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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!ames!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov!not-for-mail From: garman@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jason Garman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux Date: 31 Aug 1995 22:47:45 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <425s8h$ah1@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net> <425a9b$89r@felix.junction.net> <425l95$85v@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:865 comp.os.linux.advocacy:18446 In article <425l95$85v@cnn.nas.nasa.gov>, Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> wrote: >In article <425a9b$89r@felix.junction.net>, >Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote: > >>You should stick with Linux because it works for you and you know what it >>can do and how to make it do that. You should also try FreeBSD because >>for some things it is better and it is good to have more than one O/S in >>your bag of tricks. > >I beg to differ ... He mentioned Sun and DEC in his previous post. While >he is currently not considering those platforms, he _may_ do so in the >future. Why lock yourself into one platform? NetBSD currently runs >extremely well on Intel-based platforms, as well as 11 others, including >the Sun 4/4c and DEC Alpha. It's good to have more than one platform >in your bag of tricks :-) > Perhaps you've never heard of Sparc/Linux or Alpha/Linux then :-) Both are actively being worked on, and Alpha/Linux is slowly nearing an end-user release... Jason Garman / garman@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov