Re: [Nolug] Re: OS Challenge Tonight @ LSU

I saw the benchmarks, and it was very informative.

Please don't confuse me as a zealot, my comments were more of a tongue in
cheek thing. I was mainly sending that in case anyone was interested in
going to it. I can't make it, but I wish I could...

Brett

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:06:06 +0000, "Joey Kelly" <joey@joeykelly.net>
said:
> Gaa... your stuff keeps getting tagged as spam :-(
>
> Um, the only thing I'd mention is to keep cool about *BSD. I use NetBSD
> on
> occasion, and think it's great. I can find reasons to prefer it over
> Linux,
> too, but
>
> 1). No one besides geeks has even heard of it. Who are we trying to
> attract?
> People are at least beginning to hear about Linux.
>
> 2). BSD is *nix. Linux is a *nix clone. Fundamentally, they both work the
> same. *Nix is better than windows. I tend to treat BSD and Linux the same
> (free *nix OSs that are way better in most respects to windows). Getting
> picky about BSD is almost the same as getting picky about which Linux
> distro
> to us. What's the point? Those kinds of arguments tend to turn off a lot
> of
> people. If you want a distro that's as secure as BSD, run debian or
> slack. if
> you want a portage-type install, use gentoo (or NetBSD's pkgsrc, which
> has
> been ported to debian, OSX and slowlaris). There is nothing inherently
> superior about BSD as opposed to Linux, when you get down to it. Hey, 2.6
> is
> even faster than FreeBSD, anyhow (seen the story on slashdot this week?).
> Personally, I detest redhat, but a few noluggers swear by it. We're all
> about
> choice, remember?
>
> Just my 2 centavos...
>
> --Joey
>
> >
> >All,
> > The Louisian State University chapter of the Association of Computing
> >Machinery will be holding an OS Challenge this Thursday night in Baton
> >Rouge. The Challenge will include student representatives of Linux, Mac
> >OS X, and MS Windows debating the strengths of each OS. (The Unix OS
> >won't be represented... apparently there aren't many students with an Ultra60
> >on there desk.) The topics should end up being development, distribution,
> >and an unknown topic. The ACM's goal is to demostrate that each OS is a
> valuable tool and has its place in the toolbox.
> >
> > I have been asked to represent the Linux OS. So if anyone has any good
> >advice about things I should mention OR avoid mentioning let me know as
> >soon as you think of them.
> >
> > It should be a good forum. We always welcome professionals to attend
> >our meetings. Come on out, show your OS support and find out what is
> >going on in the unveristies on this side of the state line.
> >=====
> >http://www.brettsbsd.net/~estrabd
> >
> --
>
>
> Joey Kelly
> < Minister of the Gospel | Computer Networking Consultant >
> http://joeykelly.net
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