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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD vs. BSD4.4
Date: 12 May 1995 20:32:34 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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technos@junior.wariat.org (Paul Evans) wrote:
] Can someone point me to a FAQ or other documentation that explains
] ths advantages to using NetBSD instead of BSD4.4 as it comes from
] Berkeley? (specificly on a Decstation 5000/20 or other pmax machine)

It boots without requiring an additional $250,000 be paid to
USL before you get the missing bits.

For that kind of money, I could hire people to work on anything
I thought was missing, including 1170 conformance testing.

                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@cs.weber.edu
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