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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!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!wellspring.us.dg.com!mojo.europe.dg.com!mellifluous.europe.dg.com!colin From: colin@mellifluous.europe.dg.com (Colin Smith) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 24 Mar 1997 11:52:28 GMT Organization: Data General UK Lines: 32 Message-ID: <5h5pts$psf@mojo.europe.dg.com> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <5gjg12$r6d$1@news.belwue.de> <5gursn$a9g@clarknet.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mellifluous.europe.dg.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19382 comp.os.linux.misc:166211 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37667 In article <5gursn$a9g@clarknet.clark.net>, wmcbrine@clark.net (William McBrine) writes: |> In alt.os.linux Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@rubin.noc.dfn.de> wrote: |> |> : 3) Check out which newsgroup is less noise laden. |> |> That seems biased towards FreeBSD -- they get less noise because they get |> less traffic. I suggest, instead, that you seek the newsgroups with the |> most information. ;-) |> |> Really, though, I'm amazed at how nasty the *BSD vs. Linux discussions get |> at times. The whole thing reminds me of Monty Python's "Life of Brian", |> when the two rival Jewish insurgent groups meet in the tunnel and start |> fighting, and Brian urges them to stop bashing each other and unite |> against their common foe... |> |> All: "THE JUDEAN PEOPLE'S FRONT?!" |> |> Brian: "NO, NO, THE *ROMANS*!" |> |> All: "Oh, yeah, the Romans..." It's exactly like that. That's why I have BSD vs Linux in my kill file. |> |> -- |> William McBrine | http://www.clark.net/pub/wmcbrine/html/ |> wmcbrine@clark.net | Vote Ralph Nader for President in 2000! -- Archeus Free FRPG - http://www.geocities.com/Area51/3002/ Colin Smith (colin@mellifluous.europe.dg.com) My opinions are completely my own, bought and paid for.