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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!solace!nntp.se.dataphone.net!nntp.uio.no!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!rubin.noc.dfn.de!schweikh From: schweikh@rubin.noc.dfn.de (Jens Schweikhardt) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 30 Mar 1997 11:48:16 GMT Organization: Regional Network of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart, FRG Lines: 27 Message-ID: <5hlju0$ftk$1@news.belwue.de> References: <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <5hbh2g$gah$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rubin.noc.dfn.de Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19571 comp.os.linux.misc:167254 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38108 In article <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> lcappite@sprynet.com (Goatboy) writes: # >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. Maybe increasing disk fragmentation could slow down a system... # > Those willing to give up functionality for ease of use # > loose both and deserve neither. Amen. # What *significant* things can UNIX do that NT4 or 95 can't? Ah! Flamebait! Let's go: What NT can't? Come with complete source? For free? Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/People/schweikhardt/home.html SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)