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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ?
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Message-ID: <D27p37.1E9@bonkers.taronga.com>
References: <3e8t0q$gnp@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <3enogm$5l7@fw.novatel.ca> <D2638B.Eut@park.uvsc.edu> <3etolp$2qr6@tiger2.ocs.lsu.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 22:57:07 GMT
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In article <3etolp$2qr6@tiger2.ocs.lsu.edu>,
Matthew N. Dodd <mdodd@tiger.lsu.edu> wrote:
>Wait a second!  What reason is there to merge NetBSd and FreeBSD?

Cynical but utterly realistic marketing considerations based on the impact
on the distribution of both operating systems when they're perceived to
be in frivolous competition.