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From: hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu)
Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 93 16:15:16 GMT
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In article <1qo0lq$1hm4@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
>
>In article <1993Apr15.225354.18654@samba.oit.unc.edu>
>Brandon.Vanevery@launchpad.unc.edu (Brandon Vanevery) writes:
>>
>> 386BSD has better TCP/IP, for now.
>>
>> Linux is far less resource-hungry, due to shared libraries.
>
>For now.
>

Linux will use whatever better in 386bsd. But 386bsd has to
start from scratch, unless you do it yourself. For example,
387 emulation and C library.


H.J.