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Date:      Mon, 11 Mar 96 12:42:07 MET
From:      Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>
To:        hm@altona.hamburg.com
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers; FreeBSD)
Subject:   Re: Comparing FreeBSD and other OSs
Message-ID:  <199603111145.MAA14277@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de>
In-Reply-To: <m0tuk4h-00001OC@ernie.altona.hamburg.com>; from "Hellmuth Michaelis" at Mar 7, 96 7:06 pm

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>> From the keyboard of Greg Lehey:
>
>> The current FreeBSD/Linux comparison is only part of a larger
>> question: which operating system should I install on my PC?
>
> IMHO, the answer is pretty straightforward: Install the OS which solves
> your problem _and_ for which you get the best support from someone nearby
> with knowledge about it.

Not a bad idea.

> So it depends on the problem one has and the support which is "locally"
> available - not on any features of any operating systems.
>
> Yes, i know it is oversimplificated, but ....

Well, at a top level it's OK, but it's missing the point: *which* is
the "OS which solves your problem _and_ for which you get the best
support from someone nearby with knowledge about it."?  Sure, I wasn't
really addressing the second half of the question, but that's a valid
point as well.

Greg




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