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From: somsky@dirac.phys.washington.edu (William R. Somsky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too)
Date: 18 Dec 1995 21:07:04 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
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Ok, I gotta add my $0.02 here.
I tired to merely "lurk" this thread, but...

In article <4b30ic$bbv@felix.junction.net>,
Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote:

> Unfortunately, for many people, marketing hype IS reality. In order to 
> get people past the marketing hype of others, you need some degree of 
> your own marketing hype.

Marketing hype is _never_ reality---these "many people" merely think
it's so...  And isn't part of the underlying drive/goal of both
Linux and FreeBSD (and NetBSD, FSF, etc) that we're all trying _not_
to be part of those "many people"?  Otherwise, wouldn't we all just
be running Windows95?

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William R. Somsky			      somsky@phys.washington.edu
Department of Physics, Box 351560		 B432 Physics-Astro Bldg
Univ. of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-1560		    206/616-2954