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From: nygardm@cco.caltech.edu (Michael T. Nygard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Is 386BSD stable enough for me?
Date: 11 Apr 1993 21:21:05 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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	Sadly, I have only just learned about hte existance of 386BSD.  While
I applaud the efforts here, let me inject a small question.  I am doing
development work related to open systems.  In particular, I require POSIX
and XPG3 compliance.  I understand that 386BSD has these standards.  (If not,
please correct me.)  I also like the fact that it is free.  SCO prices are
ridiculous, especially since they keep making their own product obsolete and
requiring more money for updates.
	In short, 386BSD sounds far more desirable to me.  There is, however,
a catch.  Is it stable?  Since it seems to be sort of a hobbyists type of OS,
I need to know if I can do serious development work without crashing every
N minutes.  I certainly hope the answer is a resounding "YES!", but please
give me your honest opinions.  (Or even some statistics like frequency of
crash, frequency of kernel rebuild, etc.)

	Thank you all!

	Mike Nygard
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