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From: lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:14:35 GMT
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>=Many servers (large ones too) don't support compressing on the fly.
>=And I'm not sure if war ftp 1.55 can tar on the fly.
>
>So the answer is NO, I guess... Poor choice of ftp-server, then, IMHO...

Actually no. It is almost the *only* server used for warez.

>Another common misconception :) Your computer did not get any slower
>since the time you bought it... Unlike cars, computers don't get
>worse with time (well, they may break)... You may "feel" it is slower,
>because you've already experienced a faster one.

Sort of. My computer has become slower because software has become
less efficient and bigger therefore much more taxing on my system.

>	Those willing to give up functionality for ease of use
>	loose both and deserve neither.

What *significant* things can UNIX do that NT4 or 95 can't?