Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:46:58 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Alvin <vj2786x@mbox4.singnet.com.sg> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix and FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811240943490.396-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <000101be17cd$be2b5d00$2cca15a5@mikhails>
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Alvin wrote: >Hi > >I'm a newbie to Unix and I'd like to learn Unix. However, the software is >far too expensive for me. > >How similar is FreeBSD to commercial Unix? Will knowing FreeBSD help me in >using commercial Unix later on? FreeBSD comes from 4.4 BSD Lite which is about as unix as it gets. Knowing FreeBSD means you may have to step down a notch in quality when it comes time to use commercial unix. FreeBSD is unix. It just doesn't pay for the trademark. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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