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Date:      Fri, 10 Oct 1997 08:36:18 -0700
From:      Don Wilde <don@PartsNow.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Robert Rusk <rrusk@thorung.eeng.dcu.ie>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux vs freeBSD
Message-ID:  <343E4B72.6C74@PartsNow.com>
References:  <19971009200545.24922@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971009093104.25461A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <19971010102923.54565@lemis.com>

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Greg Lehey wrote:
> 

> > Drivers:  Drivers are available for most standard hardware, right?
> 
> OK.  How about:
> 
>   As a result of the smaller user base, FreeBSD is less likely to have
>   drivers for brand-new boards than Linux.
> 

How about...
"Because of its production orientation, FreeBSD coders concentrate their
efforts on new hardware which will be useful in high volume server
operations rather than consumer-oriented boards, although there is a
rapid expansion of the multimedia support in progress."

State it positively, there's no reason to be ashamed of FreeBSD!
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