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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!pendragon.jsc.nasa.gov!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!lestat.nas.nasa.gov!thorpej From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux Date: 1 Sep 1995 18:25:30 GMT Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames Lines: 16 Message-ID: <427j6q$knq@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> References: <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net> <425l95$85v@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> <425s8h$ah1@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov> <4262ik$qr6@wolfe.wimsey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:949 comp.os.linux.advocacy:19543 In article <4262ik$qr6@wolfe.wimsey.com>, Curt Sampson <curt@cynic.portal.ca> wrote: >Yes, but he mentioned *Sun*, not just Sparc. NetBSD runs on advanced >Sun workstations like the Sun 3. I can't take Linux seriously >until it does likewise. Good point ... an ISP that can pick up a truckload of Sun 3/60s reasonably cheap can run NetBSD/sun3 on them and have Really Darn Good nameservers, timeservers, etc. (I use my 3/60 at home for nameservice and sendmail.) -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939