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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Which version of BSD for Internet Box? Why?
Date: 27 Jan 1996 23:48:47 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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Message-ID: <MICHAELV.96Jan27154849@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
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In-reply-to: 5150's message of Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:59:38 GMT

In article <4e9mv9$oll@news.voicenet.com> 5150 (5150) writes:

   gdeering@acslink.aone.net.au (Geoff Deering) wrote:

   >Which version of BSD for an Internet box

   FreeBSD.

   >why?

   It's free.

So is NetBSD.

And, both make excellent ISP boxes, as does BSDI (commercial).

Consult the web pages and decided for yourself...

http://www.netbsd.org
http://www.freebsd.org
http://www.bsdi.org




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  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
       --<  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x  >--
     NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
                           DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
     NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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