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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4720 comp.os.linux.misc:32955 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!uknet!festival!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: BSD vs. LINUX Message-ID: <D1xwzJ.5ED@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <D18449.Kvs@park.uvsc.edu> <D1B81t.24H@bonkers.taronga.com> <D1qzJ6.206@indirect.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 16:11:43 GMT Lines: 13 In article <D1qzJ6.206@indirect.com> wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) writes: >Let's port RSX to the PC/386 architecture! The obvious system to port is Multics. The 386 segmentation and protection mechanisms look extremely Multics-like. -- Richard -- Satan himself, in a sermon preached from the pulpit of North Berwick church, comforted his many servants by assuring them that no harm could befall them "sa lang as their hair wes on, an sould newir latt ane teir fall fra thair ene". - J G Frazer, The Golden Bough