Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 21:13:59 -0800 From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@bigfoot.com> To: brett@lariat.org Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day Message-ID: <199902150514.VAA25372@ocis.ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990214211350.03fa3a90@mail.lariat.org> References: <19990214135704.A13436@mooseriver.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > >I was interviewed by the San Jose Mercury > >News and the reporter told me that all the Linux people he interviewed > >took great pains to point out that there were other OSS beside Linux. > >They emphasized that Linux is equal to FreeBSD in most ways and FreeBSD > >was better in a good number of ways. > Are you sure they really did that? If so, how come the only Mercury News > article on the subject (other than a tiny passing reference in Dan > Gillmor's column) > only alludes to operating systems other than Linux in a vague way > and mentions NO other by name? > I think that the event is being cast as Linux-only by the promoters, > and that you're being used. I really mean it. That may be true of the SJ MN, but CNet Radio mentions Linux, OS/2, Netware, "and other alternative OS". Yes, the headline is "Linux Users Head for Microsoft", but the rest of the story deals with all non-MS OS's. There is a definite Linux slant, but it is not the only OS mentioned. There's also a neat mention of the difficulty to buy a PC w/o Windows, due to MS-OEM contracts. Freddie -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 5.5.5 -- QDPGP 2.12 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBNsetFv1GU6dOoWY/EQIW7ACdF+RmVOtUUZErRvMZ7/ruJXcMp4UAn16D 3g9TwKORSioGUcla5hOSn6Qh =XFws -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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