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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!willis.cis.uab.edu!news.lsu.edu!unix1.sncc.lsu.edu!unix1.sncc.lsu.edu!not-for-mail From: mdodd@tiger.lsu.edu (Matthew N. Dodd) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ? Date: 12 Jan 1995 15:29:57 -0600 Organization: Louisiana State University Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3f470l$15ph@tiger1.ocs.lsu.edu> References: <3e8t0q$gnp@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <3enogm$5l7@fw.novatel.ca> <D2638B.Eut@park.uvsc.edu> <3etolp$2qr6@tiger2.ocs.lsu.edu> <D27p37.1E9@bonkers.taronga.com> <3f281t$3n4@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: tiger1-t.ocs.lsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] John Plocher (PADI AI-85274) (plocher@Sun.COM) wrote: : : Matthew N. Dodd <mdodd@tiger.lsu.edu> wrote: : : >Wait a second! What reason is there to merge NetBSd and FreeBSD? : So that the *rest* of the distribution (other than that insignificant : /vmunix file itself) wouldn't have to be different. So that someone : can produce a *BSD distribution like they do for Linux, without getting : ratholed in the kernel wars. So people can work on things that are : "more important" than the kernel, like admin tools, cool apps, etc. I feel I must retract what I said. After thinking about all that has been discussed on this thread, I must admit that there are lots of great reasons to merge. If this can be done gracefully and without hurting people's feelings then I am all for it. This whole discussion is something you have to sleep on to figure out... Besides, OpenBSD has a nifty ring to it. (Names can do alot. Look at Linux) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew N. Dodd Department of Computer Science mdodd@tiger.lsu.edu Louisiana State University