Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 02:58:05 -0600 From: Joshua Fielden <shag@concentric.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenLinux still behind BSD.... Message-ID: <33A8F49D.67CA5FD0@concentric.net> References: <21385.866710061@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > http://www8.zdnet.com/pcweek/reviews/0616/16linux.html > > > > Contains a mini-review of OpenLinux, a product intended to set up small > > network servers, get a foothold into the corporate workspace, etc. The > > salient point of the review is when they said setup was still for > > administrators only, it did not auto-detect all of their hardware > > correctly, and finding drivers was a problem. Next, they say setting up > > FreeBSD on the same h/w was no problem. No links, no description of the > > product, nothing. But a "better than" still beats a poke in the eye with > > a sharp stick. :-) > > Indeed. It also gave me the chance to pitch the author for a FreeBSD > review, which I've just done. :) > > Now I don't think it would help to mailbomb the guy, exactly, but if a > few folks wanted to pipe up with "hey, tell us more about the FreeBSD > thing!" sorts of responses to this article, it might also positively > affect his views on the merits of doing a FreeBSD review. :) > > Jordan Of course, one might think that the author thought BSD was so well-known as to not need an introduction. :-) Just mail them the cdrom.com server stats, and tell 'em Linux has cooties. That should be enough. =) -- SCSI is *not* magic. There are many technical reasons why it is occasionally nessicary to sacrifice a small goat to your SCSI chain. --Joshua Fielden
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