From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Feb 19 11:18:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from sandminer.com.au (unknown [203.43.89.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 606EE11929 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:18:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from supervoc@wingdriver.com.au) Received: from localhost (supervoc@localhost) by sandminer.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id GAA03600; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 06:12:06 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from supervoc@wingdriver.com.au) X-Authentication-Warning: sandminer.com.au: supervoc owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 06:12:05 +1100 (EST) From: "^'*'^" X-Sender: supervoc@sandminer.com.au To: root@isis.dynip.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very Common Question In-Reply-To: <199902191310.QAA44457@isis.dynip.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 root@isis.dynip.com wrote: } Hi there, } Continuing the series of questiions, } I am hearing tooooo much now about linux. - } I'm sick of it, now I hear that IBM is making some deal with Linux } people for installing Linux on their new machines, I am very very sad, } and very very gelous. better to be hearing about Linux than certain other operating[1] systems. more support by vendors for Linux is not something I would be worried about. consider that Linux popularity translates to greater awareness that "unix" alternatives even exist. if someone is tempted enough to try out Linux then chances are they will hear about FreeBSD sooner or later. ...and curiousity is a wonderful thing. I'd wager that a high percentage of people who have tried FreeBSD or Linux have also gone on and tried the other, just to see for themselves what each system is like. Linux popularity can therefore effectively be beneficial for FreeBSD when you really think about it. if more vendors are getting involved with Linux then this will ultimately do more good than bad for the FreeBSD world -- no need to despair. give it time. -SV7- [1] exception error To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message