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Date:      Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:13:13 +0200
From:      Karin Lagesen <karin@ii.uib.no>
To:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Questions
Message-ID:  <20010711091313.A14288@miranda.mbl.uib.no>
In-Reply-To: <3B4B5FD9.2C51208D@acuson.com>; from djohnson@acuson.com on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 01:04:41PM -0700
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 01:04:41PM -0700, David Johnson wrote:
> Karin Lagesen wrote:
> 
> > I once heard this explanation of the difference between BSD and linux users;
> > Linux is for the ones that hate Windows, BSD is for the ones that like unix.
> > Maybe a bit too prejudice, but in my experience basically true...:)
> 
> It isn't true. The vast majority of Linux users use it because it's
> Linux, not because it isn't Windows. Unfortunately, the small minority
> the uses Linux only because they hate Windows tend to have the loudest
> and shrillest voices. If all you know of the Linux community is what you
> read on Slashdot, you could very well get that impression.

I used Linux for 2 years before switching to FBSD. I never read slashdot.
The quote was meant to be taken humorously. It is just that so many people
I know who are Linux users use every chance they get (and then some) to
bash the Redmond people. That's all..:)


Mvh, Karin
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Karin Lagesen, karin@ii.uib.no


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