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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 11:43:37 -0700
Organization: Me
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Kevin P. Neal wrote:
]
] Bryan Seigneur (freds@gramercy.ios.com) wrote:
] : You know of course that there is Matlab for Linux (ergo,
] : probably for *BSD, too).
]
] Sorry, this does not follow. Just because there is a Linux
] version DOES NOT mean there is a *BSD version.
BSD has Linux ABI compatability.
Because there is a Linux DOOM, there is a BSD DOOM.
Because there is a Linux QUAKE, there is a BSD QUAKE.
Because there is a Linux Mathematica, there is a BSD Mathematica.
Because there is a Linux Executor, there is a BSD Executor.
...
Doesnt work for everything, only the things most people think
are important.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.