Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 09:49:08 +0300 (EET DST) From: Seppo Kallio <kallio@cc.jyu.fi> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.92.960905094245.8659A-100000@tukki.cc.jyu.fi>
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On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> > Advantage: Linux supports the Amiga filesystem. Pretty cool since I >> >> I don't think this is anything more than a transient advantage at best. >:-) >> >> Speaking as a former Amiga owner and lover, the machine is bleedin' >> DEAD, any protestations from its new owners aside, and it'd be a waste >> of time implementing features like this when our own msdosfs is still >> broken and win95 name support is non-existant. :-( > >Hey I didn't say it was a _big_ advantage, or a reason ANYONE would >choose >Linux over FreeBSD, just that it was something nifty that caught my eye. >If somebody really wanted Amiga FS support, they could just as easily >pull >it out of NetBSD than Linux. > >Now Linux's handling of VFAT/MSDOS is something we need to worry about. > >- -- Jake People select the OS like they select text utilities: They compare and select the one having most features. AND they select the one others are using. Seppo Kallio kallio@jyu.fi Computing Center Fax +358-14-603611 U of Jyväskylä 62.14N 25.44E Phone +358-14-603606 PL 35, 40351 Jyväskylä, Finland http://www.jyu.fi/~kallio
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