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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU!mrc From: Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXTBSD - 4.4BSD For NeXTstep machines ? Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 13:00:51 -0800 Organization: Networks & Distributed Computing Lines: 20 Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.92.960204125419.17765B-100000@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> References: <4e84c1$m0n@axl02it.ntc.nokia.com> <4f2h1e$jo9@pub02.va.pubnix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tomobiki-cho.cac.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: dma In-Reply-To: <4f2h1e$jo9@pub02.va.pubnix.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.next.misc:38790 comp.sys.next.programmer:22884 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2230 comp.sys.next.advocacy:32834 On 4 Feb 1996, Louis A. Mamakos wrote: > Again, I'd reiterate that I'd love to run a modern OS on my black next > hardware. There is no requirement, for me at least, that it run > existing NeXTSTEP applications, or host OPENSTEP. All I'm looking for > is a stock 4.4BSD based OS, like NetBSD. I second this. It'd be awfully nice if there was /dev/audio support to make the DSP do its thing, but it isn't really necessary. NeXT's software offerings are completely uninteresting. It would also open up the possibility of running real Web browsers, instead of trash like OmniWeb. When a dinky 68030 Mac PowerBook 165c does a better job on the Web than an "insanely great" NEXTSTEP system, that says something very sad. -- Mark -- DoD #0105, R90/6 pilot, FAX: (206) 685-4045 ICBM: N 47 39'35" W 122 18'39" Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.