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From: nickkral@america.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Nick Kralevich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux
Date: 2 Apr 1996 08:49:44 GMT
Organization: Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department, University of California at Berkeley
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960401105810.31921A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com>,
Stephen Fisher  <lithium@cia-g.com> wrote:

>Why not sooner?  If ELF was so great then FreeBSD would be switching 
>_right now_.

A number of *BSD developers have expressed their interest in switching
over to an ELF format.  

ELF is a better binary format than AOUT.  I don't think anyone disagrees
with that.

FreeBSD is just behind the times and backwards.

Take care,
-- Nick Kralevich
   nickkral@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu