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From: hm@altona.hamburg.com (Hellmuth Michaelis)
Subject: Re: Comparing FreeBSD and other OSs
To: lehey.pad@sni.de (Greg Lehey)
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 19:06:03 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199603070933.KAA18914@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Mar 7, 96 10:29:50 am
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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.

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 ....

hellmuth
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Hellmuth Michaelis           hm@altona.hamburg.com              Hamburg, Europe
                                              (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nstall BSD ?