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On May 4, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Mike Meyer wrote:

> On Fri, 04 May 2012 15:11:10 -0400
> "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> wrote:
>=20
>> *WHY* is Linux so much more popular than the BSDs?
>=20
> My "newsbyte" answer is:
>=20
> BSD is Unix for people who love quality software.
> Linux is Unix for people who hate Microsoft.

My favorite comparison-quote is from the former (x3) CEO of our company fro=
m way-way back (circa '95-'96):

``Linux is for Windows users that want to learn UNIX.
        FreeBSD is for UNIX users that want to use affordable hardware.''


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