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Date:      Tue, 09 Feb 1999 06:45:22 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il>
Cc:        pechter@shell.monmouth.com, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Women in FreeBSD ( was Re: Is there a reseller program?) 
Message-ID:  <199902091445.GAA04663@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:43:19 %2B0200." <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.990209163924.14653A-100000@csd> 

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>> > Wes Peters wrote:
>> > 
>> > Yeah, I'm so manly I converted her.
>> > 
>> > (From VMS to FreeBSD.  To the best of my knowlege, she was not and 
>> > is not a lesbian.)
>> 
>> I've got one observation...
>> 
>> 
>> Interesting how many Ex-VMS types move to FreeBSD instead of Linux.
>> Anyone have any idea as to what that reason is...
>> 
>> I've got mine -- the fact that VMS is an operating system rather than
>> a kernel and a different distribution.
>
>I don't think so. At least that's not my reason. I think it's a matter of
>market segment it aims at: VMS aims at servers that need to run without a
>crash for years, and that's what FreeBSD excels at as well. 

   For what it's worth, I was a long-time VAX/VMS guy prior to getting
involved with BSD Unix. Several other core members also have significant
amounts of VMS in their history. I'm not sure this says anything in
particular, but I think it's interesting nonetheless.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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