Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 13:48:48 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: branson@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov (Branson Matheson) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux Message-ID: <199605212048.NAA01994@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199605211831.OAA23964@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> from "Branson Matheson" at May 21, 96 02:31:23 pm
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> > > (3)Will software for Linux run on BSD and vice versa? > > > > Yes and no, respectively (finally, a sequitur). This was a serious answer (to the only serious question of the 3). > Humorous answers aside ;-) would it not be a good thing to put a > comprehensive answer in the FAQ off of the web page? I think that it > will solve lots repeated questions like " Linux vs. FreeBSD " and " I > have blah foobar card.. will it run? ". The answer is subjective. Maybe we can make an interactive "pich a path aventure" using HTML links which will recommend a system based on user priorities. Sort of a budgo expert system. Don't be suprised when all of the answers come back "FreeBSD" from the FreeBSD veriosn of the system and "Linux" on the Linux version. > Mabey even a more direct route? We could always say, unconditionally, "Use FreeBSD". At the very least, there would be no question about where our potential bias lies. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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