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From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI vs FreeBSD
Date: 6 Feb 1996 23:30:18 -0800
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
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In article <4f83rg$4tb@shemesh.tis.com>, Peter Brewer <pbrewer@tis.com> wrote:

>If it is a research machine then perhaps that would be different.
>Perhaps access to kernel sources would be required.

Actually, I run 24/7 production servers under NetBSD, and I've
found access to the kernel sources to be extremely useful.

However, it would seem reasonably likely to me that a University
with a site BSDI licence would be licenced for source as well.

cjs
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