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Date:      Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:54:52 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        gsutter@pobox.com
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OS Comparisons. 
Message-ID:  <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:22:21 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980327152013.23027C-100000@mph124b.rh.psu.edu> 

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>On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Andreas Braukmann wrote:
>
>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 09:20:15AM -0500, Jamie Bowden wrote:
>>> > http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/AltOS/
>>
>>hhmm. I found the characterization for linux-users quite interesting:
>>        "He needed the stability and power of Unix but didn't 
>>         know enough about Unix to configure FreeBSD. "
>
>Especially since I found FreeBSD much easier to properly configure than
>my Linux system.  'Course, I was running Slackware Linux with a 1.1.56?
>kernel. :)
>
>I found myself in the Linux camp on the survey above, though.  I changed
>my answers three times and still was characterized as a Linux user.  I'm
>going to wipe my HDD now and install Red Hat.

   Funny, I didn't answer any of the questions and was put into the Linux
camp. It's annoying yet interesting that it skips over OS/2 and FreeBSD
when it decides you're a Linux candidate. I wonder if it always decides
"linux" is best for you, no matter how you answer the questions? :-)

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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