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From: "Calvin Vette (IT- Borders Online)" <CVETTE@borders.com>
To: "'netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG'" <netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG>
Cc: 'Curt Sampson' <cjs@portal.ca>
Subject: RE: Testimonials
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:27:05 -0400
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I think we'd be shooting ourselve in the foot to dis' Linux. Although it's
my least favorite of the three major free OSes, we've contributed a lot back
and forth with each other (all three camps). Their prosperity is ours, and
vice-versa.

Im not saying that means we shouldn't compete with Linux, just not at their
expense. We all know NetBSD is the superior OS; that doesn't make Linux a
trashcan OS. There's too little space left in the trashcan by M$ OSes. And
HPUX. And OpenVMS. And Digital Unix. And...

:-)

> ----------
> From: 	Curt Sampson[SMTP:cjs@portal.ca]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, October 14, 1998 3:46 PM
> To: 	netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: 	Testimonials
> 
> 
> In the past few months I've seen two unsolicited testimonials in
> port-alpha saying, basically, `I was losing with Linux. Then I
> changed to NetBSD, which installed much easier and works much
> better, and my wife came back to me, I was re-hired in a position
> above my old boss, my dog came back to life, etc.' We should perhaps
> get these up on our web pages (probably with the names removed so
> as to avoid flames from those too lazy to search the archives).
> 
> cjs
> --
> Curt Sampson  <cjs@portal.ca>  604-257-9400    De gustibus, aut bene aut
> nihil.
> Any opinions expressed are mine and mine alone.
> The most widely ported operating system in the world:
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>