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>Index: article.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /usr/cvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.14
>diff -u -r1.14 article.sgml
>--- article.sgml	31 Aug 2004 06:51:40 -0000	1.14
>+++ article.sgml	13 Sep 2004 22:04:05 -0000
>@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
> 	synonymous with <quote>Operating System</quote>, but it is not the only
> 	open source &unix; operating system.  According
> 	to the <ulink
>-         url="http://www.leb.net/hzo/ioscount/data/r.9904.txt">Internet
>+          url="http://www.leb.net/hzo/ioscount/data/r.9904.txt">Internet
> 	  Operating System Counter</ulink>, as of April 1999 31.3% of the
> 	world's network connected machines run Linux.  14.6% run BSD &unix;.
> 	Some of the world's largest web operations, such as <ulink
>@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@
> 
>       <listitem>
> 	<para>The C library, the base API for the system.</para>
>-	  
>+
> 	<para><emphasis>The BSD C library is based on code from Berkeley, not
> 	    the GNU project.</emphasis></para>
>       </listitem>
>-	  
>+
>       <listitem>
> 	<para>Utilities such as shells, file utilities, compilers and
> 	  linkers.</para>
>-	
>+
> 	<para><emphasis>Some of the utilities are derived from the GNU
> 	    project, others are not.</emphasis></para>
>       </listitem>
>@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@
>   
>   <sect1>
>     <title>Why is BSD not better known?</title>
>-    
>+
>     <para>For a number of reasons, BSD is relatively unknown:</para>
>-    
>+
>     <orderedlist>
>       <listitem>
> 	<para>The BSD developers are often more interested in polishing their
>@@ -459,11 +459,11 @@
> 	</listitem>
>       </itemizedlist>
>     </sect2>
>-    
>+
>     <sect2>
>       <title>How does the BSD license differ from the GNU Public
> 	license?</title>
>-      
>+
>       <para>Linux is available under the
> 	<ulink url="http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
> 	  License</ulink> (GPL), which is designed to eliminate closed
>@@ -500,17 +500,17 @@
> 
>       <para>What does this all mean in practice?  Who should use BSD, who
> 	should use Linux?</para>
>-      
>+
>       <para>This is a very difficult question to answer.  Here are some
> 	guidelines:</para>
>-      
>+
>       <itemizedlist>
> 	<listitem>
> 	  <para><quote>If it ain't broke, don't fix it</quote>: If you already
> 	    use an open source operating system, and you are happy with it,
> 	    there is probably no good reason to change.</para>
> 	</listitem>
>-	
>+
> 	<listitem>
> 	  <para>BSD systems, in particular FreeBSD, can have notably higher
> 	    performance than Linux.  But this is not across the board.  In many
>@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
> 
>     <sect2>
>       <title>Who provides support, service, and training for BSD?</title>
>-      
>+
>       <para>BSDi have always supported BSD/OS, and they have recently
> 	announced support contracts for FreeBSD.</para>

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