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Date:      Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:05:50 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com>, kris@airnet.net, David Shanes <dshanes@personalogic.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the  Internet" 
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.980412150403.3534A-100000@csd>
In-Reply-To: <199804121148.FAA27199@lariat.lariat.org>

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On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Brett Glass wrote:

> At 11:41 AM 4/12/98 +0300, Nadav Eiron wrote:
> 
> >Linux is very strong here, and I could not persuade
> >the faculty to use FreeBSD for the purpose. Their main points were the
> >better availability of user-level docs, and the better support students
> >willget from other students that already know Linux. 
> 
> In that case, why didn't they use Microsoft Windows? ;-(

To be honest, that was what they intended to do before I talked to them,
and before Micro$oft told them that to give away NT, Office, Visual C++
and Visual J++ to students will cost them a few hundred $$$s in
educational licenses (per copy) and will take some 16 CDs...

> 
> This is the sort of attitude I fear if FreeBSD isn't seen as SUPERIOR
> to, not just the equal of, Linux. Among the lemming-like masses,
> no one goes with an also-ran.
> 
> It's time to hustle.
> 
> --Brett Glass
> 
> 
Nadav


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