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Date:      Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:44:26 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: San Jose Mercury News
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990222134234.0400ce70@mail.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990222144214.B25682@netmonger.net>
References:  <000301be5e61$32179ec0$6a6c4cd1@jackv.pacbell.net> <000301be5e61$32179ec0$6a6c4cd1@jackv.pacbell.net>

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At 02:42 PM 2/22/99 -0500, Christopher Masto wrote:
 
>Does it ever occur to these reporters that Linux's success just might
>have something to do with the fact that Microsoft products simply do
>not work, and Linux does?

If it were merely that, then FreeBSD would be equally successful --
more successful, in fact, as it it smore reliable. Timing, PR, and
advocacy (though done largely by fanatics) allowed Linux to gain a 
foothold and eclipse the technologically superior BSD derivatives.

--Brett Glass



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