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Date:      Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:17:09 -0500 (EST)
From:      James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
To:        Alex Kapranoff <alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su>
Cc:        advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: InformationWeek Proposal, revised
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0001311015530.24475-100000@sun17pg2.wam.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20000131091404.A852@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su>

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On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Alex Kapranoff wrote:

>   I think it would be good to mention that FreeBSD is very good at running linux
> binaries (or closed-source apps, whatever fits) via its linuxolator (sounds bad
> for this type of article, but emulator sounds as if it slows ever'thing down,
> so this needs polishing). I heard that some well-known UK ISP is running linux
> quake-servers on FreeBSD as it does increase stability. Unfortunately I don't
> remember the name :( freebsd-advocacy archives should do.
> 
>   This can finish the paragraph:
> "So the range of FreeBSD software even widens with those commercial
> applications which are sold(?) for Linux but work even better on FreeBSD".

I almost added this orginally (nearly word for word) but stopped.  Nowhere
else is the evil "L" word used :)  I am hoping to make FreeBSD stand on
its own.  Besides, we all know what advertising emulation did to OS/2.  

Jamie



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