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Date:      Tue, 07 Apr 1998 19:45:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu>
To:        FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   The future (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.96.980407194400.22736A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu>

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The following is a letter I just sent to Marc Andreessen of Netscape
regarding FreeBSD.

Joe Clarke

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 19:43:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@jaguar.ir.miami.edu>
To: marca@netscape.com
Subject: The future

Mr. Andreessen,

As a network administrator for both Macs and UNIX, I find your decision
to release the Mozilla source code a marvelous one.  The developers of
the world will finally get a chance to put their money where their mouth
is.  I feel that a rock-solid, dynamic, and superior product will come
from this venture; and for that, I applaud you.

However, your comments last week to a Linux developer group trouble me.
For a few years now, I have been using FreeBSD, a free UN*X for the PC
platform.  I find it to be a great deal more stable than Linux, and a
whole lot easier to setup and install.  Linux is a patch-work operating
system.  There is not one single place or one single distribution.  The
only constant in Linux is the kernel.  And, quite frankly, FreeBSD's
kernel is better.  FreeBSD is a true 4.4BSD-Lite derivative, and thus
implements true AT&T UNIX code.  It can be obtained from one single
place, http://www.freebsd.org, and it is becoming so popular, that the
developers of Apple's Rhapsody want to use some of its kernel code.

If you are concerned about market share, I can assure you of FreeBSD's
popularity.  It is used by companies such as Yahoo!, the Internet Movie
Database, Walnut Creek CD-ROM, Be (the makers of BeOS), and hundreds of
other companies and organizations.  Why is it used in so many high-end
places?  It is extremely stable and handles high loads very well.  Its
networking code is arguably faster than Linux's.  If you are looking to
make SuiteSpot available for a PC UNIX, then FreeBSD's BSD sockets,
and vast developer documentation is perfect for you.

I can speak not only for myself, but for a great deal of computer people
at the University of Miami, that if Netscape focuses its developer
interests on FreeBSD, you will have a great deal more customers.  We here
at the university are avid Netscape supports, but we do not support
Linux.  Thank you.  I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Joe Clarke
Apple Network Manager
University of Miami
http://jaguar.ir.miami.edu/~marcus/






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