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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 15:49:20 -0500
From: Jb@trisignal.com (jb)
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To: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
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Todd Whitesel wrote:
> > To users, what does it offer over and above the competition?
> > Why should people choose NetBSD?
> 
> Right now, I have a hard time giving a pleasant answer to these, except to
> say that when Wintel finally starts to seriously crack, NetBSD would be the
> best choice to enable a hugely competitive hardware market, by giving
> software vendors a superior middle-ground O/S that performs well, runs
> everywhere, and is very uniform across its ports.

Interesting could you go into more detail?
 
> I'm not assuming that this will happen on the desktop -- that actually seems
> less likely as time goes on.

Why?

> > I think if we can answer these, that would be a good start. Okay, on the
> > web site we have 'Of course it runs NetBSD,' but that doesn't really
> > help someone in the decision making process.

Indeed. I am in the process of deciding whether to install Linux or NetBSD on my
Amiga. I have read the www pages in www.netbsd.org/goals/index.html and they are
ery informative. Nice work.

If you could add some information on the differences in the different Un*x
flavors and NetBSD (say Linux vs. NetBSD or FreeBSD vs. NetBSD). It would help
beginners such as myself make an informed decision about what is best for their
needs.

If this information already exists, where can I find it?

Jean-Bernard Delva