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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!206.229.87.25!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sprint!howland.erols.net!news2.digex.net!not-for-mail From: Charles McCrobie <mccrobie@usdesign.com> Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.workstation,alt.dec,biz.dec,biz.dec.workstations,comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc Subject: Re: FS: Dec Alphastation 500/500 Must sell Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 12:32:50 -0400 Organization: U.S. Design Lines: 31 Message-ID: <33688D72.715401CD@usdesign.com> References: <5k6vui$7pd@news-rocq.inria.fr> <5k74ma$44h@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <te4tcog2mx.fsf@grandteton.cs.uiuc.edu> <5k80mv$926@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <slrn5mfinq.77o.djb@lacrosse.redhat.com> <tepvvcosqg.fsf@grandteton.cs.uiuc.edu> <slrn5mg1st.e7i.djb@lacrosse.redhat.com> <33694567.7E3B@nedernet.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: engws5.usdesign.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5Gold (X11; I; OpenVMS V7.1 DEC 3000 Model 400) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au misc.forsale.computers.workstation:35097 biz.dec:1194 biz.dec.workstations:310 comp.sys.dec:44579 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5877 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40118 comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc:70 Pim van der Eijk wrote: [ snip ] > > As for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, the same argument holds expect for the > fact that the user base of these systems seems (?) to be much smaller > than Linux's, although I've heard some UNIX specialists in a company > I've worked for praise NetBSD over the commercial UNIX this company was > selling. Also, I don't understand why there have to be three competing > *BSD projects, the Linux gang seems better at keeping proselytes and > dissidents involved in the main stream .. Yes the user base does seem smaller. I for one prefer BSD 4.4 (*BSD) over System-V look-alikes (Linux). It seems that software first appears on Linux, then some kind sole ports it to FreeBSD. There was a very recent thread in the FreeBSD news group about "competing" projects. I got the feeling there were personality conflicts serious enough to warrant three different flavors. As I understand it, NetBSD is now running on MicroVAX II and VAX 3100's. The installation of either Linux or FreeBSD seems relatively straight forward. However, at least for FreeBSD, there is a list of supported hardware that you'll first want to check out before buying any system to run it on.