RE: slashdot poll
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 09-Feb-99 Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> >
> > Debian seems to be taking a beating on the recent /. poll
> > of distributions. Have you all voted?
>
> Why is that? I just ordered a copy because I have heard good things about the
> distro.
RH is a commercially-based distro, so they can spend loads of cash on
advertising etc, so they are the most popular, despite Debian's inherantly
"free-er" nature, and techincal superiority
Matthew
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