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From: vixie@pa.dec.com (Paul A Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 386BSD vs. BSD/386: Which is better for me?
Date: 16 Apr 93 11:54:59
Organization: DEC Network Systems Lab
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>My advice is to play with 386bsd first; if you don't like it, you can go to
>BSD/386, and you lose nothing but time.  If you try BSD/386 first, you're out
>a kilobuck.

on the other hand, if you try BSD/386 first, BSDI's lawyers get a kilobuck.
it's not clear to me that 386BSD won't be contraband if BSDI/CSRG loses on
net-2's legal status.  just a thought.
--
Paul Vixie, DEC Network Systems Lab	
Palo Alto, California, USA         	"Don't be a rebel, or a conformist;
<vixie@pa.dec.com> decwrl!vixie		they're the same thing, anyway.  Find
<paul@vix.com>     vixie!paul		your own path, and stay on it."  -me