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From: wjin@cs.uh.edu (Woody Jin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Stronghold and other binaries for OpenBSD 2.0
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 03:11:25 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Houston
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In article <3339D4C9.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>David Carmean wrote:
>> I only became aware of OpenBSD about a week ago, and have limited
>> admin experience and no installation experience with FreeBSD, and
>> no contact whatsoever with NetBSD.
>
>So why not give them all a try?  They're free. :)

The *time* he has to spend for all of them   is not free.
It is not his purpose of life or his profession to try all of them
and compare, either.  :)
I think that this is what many developers of free software
should realize in these fast-pace days.  It is the "time, effort", and
"compatibilty" that matters,  not the price.

--
Woody Jin