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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!ljg From: ljg@space.physics.uiowa.edu (Larry Granroth) Subject: Re: To Merge or Not to Merge *BSD. What does it really mean? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ljgpc.physics.uiowa.edu Message-ID: <D2CzDp.Bp3@space.physics.uiowa.edu> Sender: news@space.physics.uiowa.edu Organization: The University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3f253c$es0@agate.berkeley.edu> <3f41piINNq16@python.cis.ohio-state.edu> <3f49s8$k60@dagny.galt.com> <3f4ppkINN1hl@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 19:27:24 GMT Lines: 14 mark anthony kolesar (kolesar@cis.ohio-state.edu) wrote: : I like the name somebody else mentioned, OpenBSD. Aaah! "Open (TM)" is used in the computer industry rather like "People's" is used in naming governments. I don't advocate a merger (there are many benefits to two independent groups) but it would be nice if user application binary compatibility were preserved. (my $0.02) larry-granroth@uiowa.edu