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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news-peer.nctu.edu.tw!news.nctu.edu.tw!spring.edu.tw!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!dnaco.net!not-for-mail From: leeizzie@dnaco.net (Lee Malatesta) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Date: 31 Jan 1997 14:35:57 GMT Organization: The Dayton Network Access Company (DNACo) Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5ct00d$kkj$2@pike.dnaco.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net><5c19pg$rf6@lynx.dac.neu.edu> <5c39sk$ddl@troma.rv.tis.com><5c8jlm$50u@cynic.portal.ca> <m23evrulla.fsf@desk.crynwr.com><32EA25AB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <5qC7y0gTzDLB091yn@ibm.net> <Pine.BSI.3.95q.970130091833.7425E-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> Reply-To: neddludd@geocities.com NNTP-Posting-Host: uhura-19.dnaco.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:155384 comp.os.linux.networking:66812 comp.os.linux.setup:94806 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5817 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2169 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51491 comp.os.os2.advocacy:264649 In <Pine.BSI.3.95q.970130091833.7425E-100000@picard.chickasaw.com>, Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@chickasaw.com> writes: >> Not only do these principles apply to Linux vs. BSD, but also to Linux vs. >> operating systems from companies such as Microsoft and IBM, who imagine they >> can forever continue to distribute products TOTALLY object code only. >You don't suppose the facts that they're making billions of dollars >selling those products, that they have increasing market share, and that >the most popular Unixes aren't Linux has anything to do with this >"imagining" of theirs, do you? I'd be willing to wager that the most popular Unix IS Linux. Part of this, I'm sure is because of the low cost of optaining a distribution. But, I bet SCO hasn't seen nearly the amount of downloading for their no cost personal version as any one distribution of Linux. Of course it would be interesting to see the numbers comparing the assorted commercial distributions of Linux vs. the other commercial Unixen. regards, Lee ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Science Discovers. Technology Implements. Society Conforms. Luddites Resist. Visit http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3659 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++