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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!resonex!michael From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan) Subject: Re: Any idea on release date for NetBSD 1.0? Message-ID: <1994Mar10.160735.2842@resonex.com> Organization: Resonex Inc., Fremont CA References: <1994Mar10.083714.27067@resonex.com> <michaelv.763322728@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 16:07:35 GMT Lines: 32 In article <michaelv.763322728@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: > >So far the word has been, it'll come out "when it's ready". Ok, that's the best I've heard anywhere. I was just hoping that things were getting close enough for somebody to hazard an approximate release time. >If you don't want to wait, you can upgrade to NetBSD-current this very >minute. What's the status of this, now that agate is no longer available as a NetBSD ftp site? I would assume the mirror sites still have -current as of the time agate when away, but what about future updates? >NetBSD-current is a *very* impressive operating >system, and NetBSD-1.0 (for those who don't do current) will be well >worth the wait. Yes, I don't doubt that at all, and NetBSD is still my PC-OS of choice. But with a new Linux and a new FreeBSD coming out Real Soon Now, support for NetBSD might wane if it's perceived to not be as "up-to-date". After all, there were some problems in 0.9, and a lot of people don't want to bother with NetBSD-current, but would prefer an easy-to-install package. Just my $0.03 worth... -- ____ Children of a future age ____ \ / Reading this indignant page \ / \/ Know that in a former time \/ Michael Bryan Love, sweet love, was thought a crime michael@resonex.com