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Date:      Sat, 28 Mar 1998 07:55:11 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        dg@root.com, gsutter@pobox.com
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OS Comparisons.
Message-ID:  <19980328075511.52357@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 12:54:52PM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980327152013.23027C-100000@mph124b.rh.psu.edu> <199803272054.MAA07807@implode.root.com>

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On Fri, 27 March 1998 at 12:54:52 -0800, David Greenman wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Andreas Braukmann wrote:
>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 09:20:15AM -0500, Jamie Bowden wrote:
>>>>> http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/AltOS/
>>>
>>> hhmm. I found the characterization for linux-users quite interesting:
>>>        "He needed the stability and power of Unix but didn't
>>>         know enough about Unix to configure FreeBSD. "
>>
>> Especially since I found FreeBSD much easier to properly configure than
>> my Linux system.  'Course, I was running Slackware Linux with a 1.1.56?
>> kernel. :)
>>
>> I found myself in the Linux camp on the survey above, though.  I changed
>> my answers three times and still was characterized as a Linux user.  I'm
>> going to wipe my HDD now and install Red Hat.
>
>    Funny, I didn't answer any of the questions and was put into the Linux
> camp.

I'm sure there's an obvious conclusion there :-)

> It's annoying yet interesting that it skips over OS/2 and FreeBSD
> when it decides you're a Linux candidate. I wonder if it always
> decides "linux" is best for you, no matter how you answer the
> questions? :-)

My question in reverse.  Coming from you, though, these are grounds
for concern.

Greg

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