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From: ari@tahko.lpr.carel.fi (Ari Suutari)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: WILL ???BSD DIE?
Date: 9 Nov 1993 22:09:28 +0200
Organization: Carelcomp Oy
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mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:


>   I have no idea where this comes from.  Other than some changes
>   which have made it difficult to run these releases on some hardware
>   that ran 386BSD, in EVERY aspect the newer releases are more stable
>   and usable than any version of 386BSD available.

>To be completely fair, this is untrue.  There are a couple of
>long-standing bugs in both FreeBSD and NetBSD which must be resolved
>before any such claim can be honestly made.

	[Stuff deleted]

>Um, can we put the politics aside for a moment?


	Yes please. This beginning to sound something like those
	never-ending stories like "vi - emacs" ...

	Personally I think all this mess with multiple versions of basicly
	same operating systems is just a big waste of resources which
	together focused on single systems could get much more done.

	Anyway, I'm quite happy with my 386BSD since it works well 
	for the things I do with it ... it's very stable
	since no-one is posting my-favorite-patches-for-today articles
	for it any more ;-)


	Ari S

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	Ari Suutari			ari@hilti.lpr.carel.fi
	Lappeenranta
	Finland