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Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 14:29:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net>
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Subject: Re: Good Lord, Commercial Linux
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On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Jamie Bowden wrote:

 : On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Andreas Klemm wrote:
 :
 : > So you are saying that FreeBSD has about half the performance
 : > as Linux ? You're kidding ;-)
 : 
 : He's using an expression.  Means they are about the same overall, with
 : FreeBSD being better at some things, and Linux being better at others.
 : Six of something and a half dozen of something are both six of something.

I think the smiley was meant to indicate a joke, guys.

K.S.