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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!not-for-mail From: Tim Pierce <twpierce@midway.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD X-Nntp-Posting-Host: bio-5.bsd.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <DJBq8I.Ipy@midway.uchicago.edu> Originator: twpierce@mail.bsd.uchicago.edu (Tim Pierce) Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) X-Web: Mosaic, minus neat concept Organization: Direct Frontal Assaults on Bob Dornan References: <49ssit$51@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <4a03ff$htd@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <4a4at5$a49@snowdon.elsevier.co.uk> <4abjgf$dap@felix.junction.net> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 14:43:30 GMT Lines: 35 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29840 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10123 comp.unix.advocacy:11976 comp.unix.misc:19966 In article <4abjgf$dap@felix.junction.net>, Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote: >In article <4a4at5$a49@snowdon.elsevier.co.uk>, Paul Richards <dpr> wrote: > >>I'd say this was a bit of a gut reaction since there's always this accusation >>that there's no available documentation for FreeBSD when the simple fact of >>the matter is that there's little reason for a FreeBSD specific admin >>book since it's *BSD* and the bookshelves are full of the things. > >What bookshelves? I have never seen a book anywhere on any bookshelf with >BSD in the title. You need to visit some better bookstores. These days, even Barnes & Noble carries a very respectable selection of BSD and SysV technical manuals, and not just that Que / Waite Group crap either. >But the lack of FreeBSD books is clearly one of the greatest failures of >the FreeBSD project. Read the following statement to see why. > > The simple fact of the matter is that there's little > reason for FreeBSD to exist because it's *UNIX* and > the world is full of Unices. > >I suspect you disagree with that statement. Can you also see why people >would disagree that there is no need for a FreeBSD book (or two or three) >merely because some other books cover the same topic material? No, I don't see why. What is that reason? -- By sending unsolicited commercially-oriented e-mail to this address, the sender agrees to pay a $100 flat fee to the recipient for proofreading services.