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From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R. Thorpe)
Subject: Re: NetBSD vs. FreeBSD
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Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 02:15:53 GMT

In article <3pgcq4$j5a@onramp.arc.nasa.gov>,
Hugh LaMaster <lamaster@viking.arc.nasa.gov> wrote:

>How about the best (fastest, most robust, most bug-free) 
>device drivers?  Which OS has better SCSI controller and 
>Ethernet controller device drivers?
>
>The fastest, most robust, most bug-free IP protocol stack?

If one of your criteria is `most bug-free', then my leaning would be
towards NetBSD; I watch both source-commit lists.

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