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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!xlink.net!math.fu-berlin.de!uni-paderborn.de!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de!kuku From: kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Why 386BSD? Date: 9 Jun 1993 08:22:34 GMT Organization: I.Physikalisches Institut RWTH-Aachen Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1v46ka$im@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <1uv9vc$6q8@vermeer.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Reply-To: kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de NNTP-Posting-Host: acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Are there any reasons why I should choose 386BSD rather than, say, >Linux or SCO? You cannot throw Linux and SCO into one can. Linux is a GPL product (free, but restrictive in it's use), SCO is a commercial product and costs money. 386BSD is not restricted in it's use. You're only required to respect Copyright laws. > >I'm trying to evaluate which Unix to use and would welcome an >UNBIASED opinion weighing up the pros and cons of each system please. > 386BSD is 4.3 bsd flavor (if flavor is an issue to you, it may be the choice). Linux is SYSVish. If you like that, your choice may be Linux. 386BSD is a place for new OS developments (soon to be released (weeks ?) 0.2 by Bill Jolitz). If you want to keep pace with these new developments, join. >James. -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de *** Error code 1 Stop.