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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 23:02:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu>
To: Bob Dole <fbaseball@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD?
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On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Bob Dole wrote:

> Hi, I plan on changing to UNIX and I wonder wether I should take Linux or 
> FreeBSD...
> Both seem to be an excellent choice, so you can't say one is better than 
> the other. But in what are they different, in what is each specialized?

Will whomever replies to Mr. Dole be sure the list gets a copy?  I'd like
to hear some views on this as well!  

Thanks,  =)

Jeff

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    Jeff Roberts    jroberts@!ashland.edu     strider@!acm.org
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