Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 12:18:39 -0800 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Ryan Mooney <ryan@pcslink.com> Cc: rab@pike.cdrom.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart Message-ID: <36DC479F.66BF458B@thuntek.net> References: <199903021738.KAA24155@pcslink.com>
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Ryan Mooney wrote: > > I would be nervous about toughting our lead in book based documentation. > While there are some very good books that are applicable to FBSD there are > a LOT of linux books out there (been to the book store lately - eek). > Also a lot of the books listed on the FBSD web site are generic un*x > reference (yes yes a lot contain BSD specific sections, but thats also > relevant to OS's that emulate some *BSD functionality - like AIX). > The handbook and the online docs are leaps and bounds ahead of the Linux > howto cruft, but a weenie who walks into the book store will see 50+ > linux books and no FreeBSD books. I feel that we need to be carefull to > not fall into the unsubstantiated claims trap. > Yes, but most of the Linux books are crap, (everything you always wanted to know about your kitchen sink!) quickly rushed into publication on a 90-day deadline. Most textbooks are written by BSD users, and usually academic users at that. -- oooOOO O O O o * * * * * * o ___ _________ _________ _________ ___==__ V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde dwilde1@thuntek.net [ = = ] /oo0000oo-oo--oo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-oo---oo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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