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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!quanta.com!rsww From: rsww@quanta.com (Ross Walker) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: BSDI vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,,comp.unix.bsd.misc Date: 6 Feb 1996 20:56:08 GMT Organization: Quanta Communications, Inc. Lines: 31 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4f8f98$2dh@news.quanta.com> References: <AFj4X5nCg4@qsar.chem.msu.su> <4f6eir$odk@news.quanta.com> <4f87qo$4lm@zuul.nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: quanta.quanta.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:13401 comp.unix.bsd.misc:490 Peter da Silva (peter@nmti.com) wrote: : In article <4f6eir$odk@news.quanta.com>, Ross Walker <rsww@quanta.com> wrote: : > BSDI is different from FreeBSD. : Slightly. : > It is a commercial implementation of : > 4.4BSD while FreeBSD is a public domain implementation. : "Freely Redistributable" : > I believe that : > BSDI uses the AT&T kernel code parts and therefore those parts of the : > kernel sources cannot be distributed. : Not so. Sorry for not being too specific. Yes Freely Distributable and Public Domain are two different concepts all together. I should have just said free. Ok, so now I know there is no AT&T code in BSDI's implementation. And now I know that I made the right choice choosing FreeBSD over BSDI after hearing that there are more advanced devices supported in FreeBSD then BSDI. I'm sure the original author who was asking suggestions about choosing one over the other is thrilled to see us flame one another over details. Have a nice day, Ross Walker