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Date:      Sun, 25 Apr 1999 17:20:12 -0700
From:      Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>
To:        Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com>
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Slashdot
Message-ID:  <19990425172012.H45524@001101.zer0.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990425170130.nicole@nmhtech.com>; from Nicole Harrington on Sun, Apr 25, 1999 at 05:01:30PM -0700
References:  <19990425184723.B422@holly.dyndns.org> <XFMail.990425170130.nicole@nmhtech.com>

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On Sun, Apr 25, 1999 at 05:01:30PM -0700, Nicole Harrington wrote:
> 
>  From what I have seen:
> 
>  Slashdot = Linux Kids = Penquin = Bedroom computing
>  FreeBSD  = Adults     = Daemon = Real world Computing

Linux is usable for real world computing... it's just not _as_ usable as
FreeBSD. What you're seeing on /. is the result of the Linux population
explosion, and doesn't represent all Linux users any more than AOL
represents all Internet users. They're just (generally) the loudest and
least clueful.

It's too bad. /. should consider disabling "Anonymous Coward" postings;
that would result in a lot less FUD and probably a good deal more
cluefulness, at the expense of voluminous numbers of A.C. postings that
generally don't have much to say anyway.

>  Its like trying to convince a gorilla that your 1 bananna is equal to
> his 2 bannnas.

What?  Banana?

Greg
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