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To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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>>> Luigi Rizzo said:
 > > Someone should respond and state that freebsd, netbsd and bsdi are
 > > widely available and in the case of bsdi that is a commercial
 > > product for those who like that sort of things. Additionally,
 > > I consider them all to be stable platforms.
 > > 
 > > 	Cheers,
 > > 	Amancio
 > 
 > I considered writing a letter, but being involved in a flame war
 > on a newpaper is like playing chess over mail. You get to retirement
 > before the game is over...

The problem is that if we let things like that letter go by in a major
magazine then people WILL believe that the *only* unix alternative
for Intel platforms is FreeBSD --- excuse me Linux 8)

	Amancio