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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.uio.no!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news-xfer.cybernet.dk!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ux9.cso.uiuc.edu!not-for-mail From: haszlaki@students.uiuc.edu (eric richard haszlakiewicz) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy Date: 14 Apr 1997 01:44:48 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 12 Message-ID: <5is26g$fe9@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <33322E84.42877E5C@FreeBSD.org> <859945273snz@tsys.demon.co.uk> <33427370.680B@sap-ag.de> <01bc43a8$5006c940$8934e3cc@rx_jearl> <860525372snz@tsys.demon.co.uk> <Pine.GSO.3.96.970413001438.2323A-100000@cdc3.cdc.net> <bnelsonE8K92z.34r@netcom.com> <3351536E.5F49@ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ux9.cso.uiuc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:169600 comp.os.linux.advocacy:92665 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2973 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:172113 John Bianco (analogkid@ibm.net) wrote: : That will NEVER happen. Cant wait to install linux myself, but all the : masses want in a computer is a system easy to use, and linux is still : not the that easy to use still. So unless SUN has the balls to make : their own version of linux to comepte against MS in the desktop : enviroment, linux cant compete agains MS. People like brand names. Just wondering, but what do you mean by Sun making their "own version of linux"? Last I heard they had their own version of unix called Solaris which they are still quite happily selling. eric haszlaki@uiuc.edu