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From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
Date: 17 Jan 1996 17:02:13 -0800
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
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In article <bryDL9DEF.B0v@netcom.com>, Bryan Althaus <bry@netcom.com> wrote:
>4.4 BSD is the last version of BSD to ship and  UCB pulls
>the plug on funding for the development staff citing lack of need
>with the availability of popular UNIX alternatives.

Indeed. The fact that systems like NetBSD are currently under active
development and run on more architectures than 4.4BSD ever did show
that Berkeley indeed doesn't need to continue after 4.4.

cjs
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Curt Sampson    curt@portal.ca		Info at http://www.portal.ca/
Internet Portal Services, Inc.	
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