From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 1 17:22:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA25302 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 May 1998 17:22:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns2.cetlink.net (root@ns2.cetlink.net [209.54.54.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA25217; Fri, 1 May 1998 17:22:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jak@cetlink.net) Received: from EXIT10 (i485-gw.cetlink.net [209.198.15.97]) by ns2.cetlink.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA09560; Fri, 1 May 1998 20:22:30 -0400 (EDT) From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: djv@bedford.net Cc: fpawlak@execpc.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD versus LINUX Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 00:24:35 GMT Message-ID: <354a6373.45359939@mail.cetlink.net> References: <199805011658.MAA27382@pollux.loco.net> In-Reply-To: <199805011658.MAA27382@pollux.loco.net> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id RAA25222 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 1 May 1998 12:58:59 -0400 (EDT), CyberPeasant wrote: >> Take of poll of all ISP's running either of the two, and I think >> you'll find that the vast majority prefer FreeBSD instead of Linux. >> My statement stands. "Amateurs like Linux, but professionals prefer >> FreeBSD." >I think it should be added, there's nothing wrong about being an >amateur. Right. I was not intending to denigrate amateurs or Linux. I started with Linux but moved on to FreeBSD when I realized Linux performed poorly when heavily loaded with concurrent disk, network, and serial I/O. Linux is a good as a UNIX learning tool and a place for newbies to start. If they cut their teeth on Linux, we won't be inundated by a horde of newbies who know next to nothing about UNIX. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message