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Date:      Sat, 20 Jul 1996 11:55:32 -0700
From:      "Ulf Zimmermann" <ulf@Lamb.net>
To:        Jamie Bowden <bowden@cs.odu.edu>, "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>, Craig Shaver <craig@progroup.com>
Subject:   Re: Opinions? NT VS UNIX, NT SUCKS SOMETIMES
Message-ID:  <960720115532.ZM1627@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net>
In-Reply-To: Jamie Bowden <bowden@cs.odu.edu> "Re: Opinions? NT VS UNIX, NT SUCKS SOMETIMES" (Jul 20,  2:35pm)
References:  <Pine.3.91.960720143207.642C-100000@zaxxon.cs.odu.edu>

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On Jul 20,  2:35pm, Jamie Bowden wrote:
> Subject: Re: Opinions? NT VS UNIX, NT SUCKS SOMETIMES
> On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
>
> > >  NT is not a bad OS, it's not
> > >my prefered OS.  It reminds me of NeXT in serious way : better hope your
> > >GUI doesn't ever get screwed, cause if it does, so do you.
>
> > Well, I've had XFree86 crash or hang my NetBSD machine more than once,
> > so I guess that goes for a lot of systems... ;-)
>
> Um, no....I can boot my freebsd, netbsd, solaris, irix, etc. box to a
> usable command line.  NT has a command line, but you can't boot to it (if
> memory is correct), and neither does NeXT.  NeXT is kinda neat.  Except
> for that whole 'GUI, GUI, and nothing but GUI' thing.

You can boot NeXT to a command line, sure. single user mode.

>
> Jamie
>
> I have my finger on the pulse of the planet.
>
>-- End of excerpt from Jamie Bowden


Ulf.

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