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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!rhawkins From: rhawkins@iastate.edu (Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: linux, freebsd, & competition Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 13:45:53 -0600 Organization: Department of Economics Lines: 23 Message-ID: <rhawkins-ya02408000R2203971345530001@news.iastate.edu> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <5gjg12$r6d$1@news.belwue.de> <5gursn$a9g@clarknet.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: hawkins.econ.iastate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.4.0 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19342 comp.os.linux.misc:166052 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37596 In article <5gursn$a9g@clarknet.clark.net>, wmcbrine@clark.net (William McBrine) wrote: >Really, though, I'm amazed at how nasty the *BSD vs. Linux discussions get >at times. yes, it's amazaing. Quite frankly, i htink that it's *important* to have two competeign but somewhat compatible systems. Gee, think of a world in which microsoft was desparately trying to break into the market of competeing free unices :) WHich brings up another great hope for apple. If they pull off rhaphsody as a multiple platform os, the choice becomes free unix, apple-backed unix, ore that non-standard stuff from washington :) >The whole thing reminds me of Monty Python's "Life of Brian", so i'm not the only one who noticed the resemblence :) Kind of like the Navy &Marine Corps, who remember that the Real Enemy is the Air Force :) -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until my retainer is paid.