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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13837 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3728 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.hk.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!jmonroy From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) Subject: Re: How UTTERLY Amazing! (Was Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD) Message-ID: <jmonroyCxp4Fp.JKH@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <358o3g$p95@umd5.umd.edu> <jmonroyCx11pJ.5nv@netcom.com> <36upob$ju6@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <jmonroyCxG197.MqI@netcom.com> <37hfa2$8mt@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 03:59:47 GMT Lines: 38 Nate Williams (nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu) wrote: : In article <jmonroyCxG197.MqI@netcom.com>, : Jesus Monroy Jr <jmonroy@netcom.com> wrote: : > I understand that Freebsd plans to use the : > 4.4 release as it's base. : > Don't you feel this will limit the potential of FreeBSD : > as a development enviroment? : Quite the contrary. I believe many of the advanced features of 4.4 will : encourage FreeBSD development. : I can agree that the new features of 4.4 will be of advantage and use to many developers, but I also beleive that the code (as is traditional Berkely style) is too interwoven. : > I've spoken to many people on this and they feel : > that Chicago or Mach or maybe OS/2 might offer : > better resources to applications programmers. : If 'application resources' were the only criteria for running an : operating system, we'd all be running DOS, since the application : developement tools in DOS still blow away most of the development tools : on all other operating systems. This is changing, but application : development isn't the only thing out there. If your OS can't run your : applications due to inherent limitations, then you need a different : OS. ; Correction... DOS is the predominant OS for development. BSD and other OSs are only still afloat because of relegious loyalties and blantent bigotry.... -- Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com Zebra Research /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation ___________________________________________________________________________