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From: jmward@pooh.uccs.edu (Joel M. Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: So you say you want an interim release of 386bsd? (What to do?)
Date: 24 Apr 1993 01:16:23 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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Okay, with Nate's impending announcement of a full 386bsd 0.15
interim release (if i understand him correctly), and the post with
Lynne's comments, the issue becomes ever more confusing.
Until 386bsd 2.0 comes out, we still have essentially ONE
OS here. 386bsd 0.15 & NetBSD, despite all the opinions & all, are
both based off of 386bsd 0.1 + the patchkit. The differences are more
philosophical than anything else at this point.
Let's say i write The Great American Install Program. & let's
say that it works with NetBSD. Well, there's absolutely *nothing*
preventing the interim relase people from snagging it & putting it
in thier copy. In fact, they would be stupid not to, if it was a
superior program.
So at this point, it's six of one, 1/2 dozen of the other.
I am going to install NetBSD becasue it's easier to install & more up
to date. I can always change over to 386bsd 0.2 when the time comes.
Regarding Lynne's comments: If i interpret them correctly,
the 0.2 release is almost ready. I see the comment about 'finishing
touches' to mean that B&J have put extensive work into making sure
that this release is stable. And with the new memory manager & all,
it might just be the way to go. & then again maybe not.
Until it comes out, we just don't know.
It is easy to get polorized ont his issue, but the way i see
it now, it's just shades of grey. Two, specifically, and they're
mostly the same shade.
Maybe it's even possible to merge the releases again. When
0.2 come out, let's say it just sucks. Then NetBSD will probably become
the dominant breed. Or maybe 0.2 will be totally superior, and NetBSD
will fall aside as a good idea whose time has come & gone. Probably
bith sides will have pros & cons...
I've seen posts about MacBSD & 68BSD. Maybe we can get together
with them too, and make an OmniBSD :)
--
++Joel;