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Date:      Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:33:28 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018395209.5e3925@mired.org>
To:        "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>
Cc:        <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix
Message-ID:  <15532.58056.607048.515238@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <003001c1dc30$b56ff9c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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In <003001c1dc30$b56ff9c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>, Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> typed:
> Mike writes:
> I haven't seen any objective measurement.

Yes you did.

> > You can use those with FreeBSD.
> No, you cannot.  Nikon Scan does not run on FreeBSD.

Yes, you can.

> > Yes, and there wasn't anything on it that you
> > couldn't replace with a similar Unix application.
> A "similar" application won't do; it has to be the _same_ application.  Like
> Photoshop on the Mac vs. Photoshop on Windows: same application, not just a
> "similar" application.

So you're in the proprietary document trap. You have my sympathy.

> They aren't as entertaining, though.

Yes, you are. Otherwise I would have stopped long ago.

	<mike
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