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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13870 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3743 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!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!jmonroy From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) Subject: Re: How UTTERLY Amazing! (Was Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD) Message-ID: <jmonroyCxsHLA.6Eu@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: <CHRISB.94Oct11095325@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <1994Oct11.070639.27030@palantir.p.tvt.se> <jmonroyCxLquF.HDz@netcom.com> <kaleb.782061687@fedora.x.org> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 23:36:45 GMT Lines: 101 Kaleb KEITHLEY (kaleb@fedora.x.org) wrote: : jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes: : >: And what about the vapourous 386BSD-1.0? Shouldn't that also be renamed? : >: If we follow the analogy, wouldn't it be called "BSD DOS 1.0" ? ;-) : >: : > OK, I'll bite. : > Yes, I'll agree with this. : > Bill and Lynn have just as much at stake here as they : > next developer. : What do they have at stake? : The most important thing a programmer has -- his reputation. : Are they actually shipping 1.0 yet or are : they still engaged in mail fraud? : Do you mean have I stopped beating my wife yet? Please be more careful in your wording of questions. Shipping of 1.0 will begin soon. I will post a follow-up when I get time. Your question on mail fraud is, of course, a silly proposition.... 386bsd R1.0 will ship!!! : They've been advertising in Dr. Dobbs : for nigh on six months now. Has anyone ordered a disk? : YEs, I personally know of at least 8 people who have ordered the diskettes. : Has anyone who : has ordered a disk received it? : NO, no one has received a CD-ROM.... more on this later. : I know, you can't be bothered with the : details. Ignore that man behind the curtain. : Is this a retorical statement? : > Sure, I've heard tell of other OSs : > called Toy OSs, but does this stand to warrent that : > possibly 386bsd R1.0 could be a "Toy OS". : > Maybe! : Just tell us when we'll be able to buy the "Toy OS". Otherwise shut up! : YOu can but it right now.... this is a silly statement. : > This call out, it's anybodys (sp?) game. : > So let's line up the chip and give this a go : > by throwing the dice against the wall. : Not even my technobabble parser can grok this. Methinks it might be : geek code for "let's go bench racing." Am I close? If that's what : this means, then put up or shut up. Show up with a 386BSD 1.0 CD-ROM : NO, none of the above.... It's gambleing talk.... and part british... "lets give it a go"..... let's try this out. "throwing the dice" is the last step in the game of craps. : > Bottom Line, A rat's ass won't matter cause it's : > going to be the silent developers : Yup, both of them. : Menial thinking. : > that will : > make the difference here,,, those working on : > tommorrows tecnology, : Are you saying that 386BSD 1.0 is tommorrows technology, and not just : another tired old rehash of the Net/2 code? : YEs, that's exactly what I'm saying.... : > not those that are working : > on a rehash of VI (sorry elvis). : Who might that be? : The game will tell. -- Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com Zebra Research /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation ___________________________________________________________________________