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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news From: Markus Baeurle <s671687@rghx50.gp.fht-esslingen.de> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular? Date: 25 Aug 1995 13:08:46 GMT Organization: Hochschule fuer Technik Esslingen Lines: 18 Message-ID: <41ki0u$7lr@news.belwue.de> References: <41j8ek$gq2@wolfe.wimsey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rghx51.gp.fht-esslingen.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.03 9000/715) X-URL: news:41j8ek$gq2@wolfe.wimsey.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:880 comp.unix.bsd.misc:193 comp.os.linux.advocacy:18619 curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) wrote: >article on Linux. This is all well and fine, except that this is >from a fellow proposing essentially that Linux is the new saviour >in University environments because it's free. At last, University >researchers have access to a free Unix that can run on hardware >they can afford, and may already have! There is, of course, no >mention of VAX BSD, no mention of 386BSD or any of the following >And to top it off there's an entirely uncritical "Binary Critic" >column by Ted Lewis that states now that Windows 95 is here we can >say good-bye to Macs, OS/2, and even Novell NetWare! Has this man Why not go and write a letter to the editor? Hopefully they'll print it. I often read letters to the editor to hear a different point of view on various topics. At least it's the best you can do to correct this crap. MB