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From: wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Catch What They're Saying About Us...
Date: 23 Sep 1992 00:34:11 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
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Check out the "Re: Linux or 386BSD: neither or both ??" thread in
comp.os.linux. It's pretty amazing what's being said about 386BSD and
the people who've worked so hard on it.

Since I'm not one who likes to let disinformation be the order of the
day, I've challanged the Linux people to put their money where their
mouths are and justify negative claims regarding 386BSD (this works
both ways) -- the goal being to better and improve BOTH systems. I
realize that in head-to-head competitions we'll win some, lose some,
and draw some, but this is not really important.

My hope is that competition and open discussion/debate, handled in a
professional manner, might promote a lot of new ideas, especially
regarding optimization of the system. We could all benefit from a bit
of critical thinking.

I invite comments, assistance, and new ideas to help make this a
reality.  If we do well, we might even set new records that the big
guys haven't. The possibilities are endless. :-)

Lynne Jolitz.