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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:4981 comp.os.386bsd.misc:947 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!alm From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD 0.9, wait? [was: Re: from 386bsd0.1 to FreeBSD or NetBSD 0.9] Message-ID: <almCD66yI.6LH@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <CD190K.FwG@latcs1.lat.oz.au> <CD3JII.F5w.1@cs.cmu.edu> <JKH.93Sep9215356@whisker.lotus.ie> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 03:27:53 GMT Lines: 14 In article <JKH.93Sep9215356@whisker.lotus.ie> jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >>My best advice is to just wait. I've heard on some other news >>groups that FreeBSD and NetBSD are going to merge together soon. >>I'd like to hear that confirmed here. > >And the "official" answer is: We don't know. It won't be for at least six months. And between now and then, the release of 0.2 is sure to complicate the matter. It is best to forget about a merge. In the mean time, I think it is safe to say that FreeBSD is putting more effort into i386-specific support. -AM