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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2000 02:08:59 +0530
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Book chapter on BSD published in Salon
Message-ID:  <20000518020859.B16497@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000517120734.045f0770@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, May 17, 2000 at 12:09:36PM -0600
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> >In fact, there seems to be much discussion on whether Linux is better in 
> >any way, or even usable for that matter.
> 
> Actually, some of the other chapters get into that more. The author has
> a strong pro-Linux bias, and characterizes the BSDers as academics who
> could develop software and coordinate their own projects but could not
> evangelize, promote, or market.

Which may even be true.  But he is in no way unfair to the BSD's, and
he is widely read among linux people and I think this is an excellent
"awareness" article for that audience.  If more people get interested,
more people start using it.  I don't see what you're complaining about.

Rahul.


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