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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
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Date: 27 Mar 1997 15:16:37 -0800
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In article <333cddd8.1017100@news.sprynet.com>,
Goatboy <lcappite@sprynet.com> wrote:
>>2. Completely interact with programs running remotely (this includes
>>   windowing applications.)
>But all these are too slow to be useful if ur on a 14.4 or 28.8.

Christ, kids these days...  anyone else remember when 2400 bps was fast?

>>7. Stay up for REALLY long periods of time and not be any worse for it.
>So can NT.

You obviously haven't run NT for a protracted length of time under a
significant load.  Or heard the screams of anguish that come from of
my boss, an ex-NT lover, when he's faced with abominations like IIS
and FrontPage.

rone
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Ron Echeverri         Best Internet Usenet Administration         rone@best.net
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