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Subject: Re: Comparing anything to NetBSD
Message-ID: <1993Sep12.173202.11791@diana.ocunix.on.ca>
From: db@diana.ocunix.on.ca (Dyane Bruce)
Date: 12 Sep 93 17:32:02 GMT
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In article <26tttoINNk60@xs4all.hacktic.nl> cor@hacktic.nl (Cor) writes:
>Ive been reading this NetBSD, FreeBSD 'flamewar' for a while now..
>and one thing just keeps popping in my mind. Does all this arguing

ditto....

  Maybe I will just go and use linux. A bunch of uncoordinated hackers,
but at least they are working together.

  I have heard reports that they have a version of WABI, and are close
to having a version that runs SCO binaries. They already have auto
IRQ detection as well as a crufty version of shared libs. (I don't
care much for their implementation. very very stupid. But at least
they aren't flaming each other...) Not to mention MSDOG emulator
(A _very_ bad emulator, but at least they have it)

  I could see the justification for Netbsd over 386 0.1 as 0.1 is useless
without the patch kit... But Freebsd as well? Come on guys, BSD has
already lost the war. Linux has won, and I _hate_ linux. Merge the
base kernel at least. Get the important things into BSD that
will keep it alive for researchers at least. You know how
embarassing it is for me to tell confirmed linux users how much
better BSD is? Which (free)BSD? 

  Bunch of little children in a sandbox...

-- 
Dyane Bruce				db@diana.ocunix.on.ca
29 Vanson Ave. Nepean On, K2E 6A9	So who first started the tradition of
613-225-9920				putting witty sayings in sigs anyway?