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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: Re: So you say you want an interim release of 386bsd?
Message-ID: <1993Apr21.002157.10237@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
Keywords: 386BSD, NetBSD, free, BSD, sleep
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 00:21:57 GMT
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In article <1r1che$64r@wzv.win.tue.nl> guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) writes:
>1) What is completely new.
>2) What exactly the diffs are between 0.1+patchkit 0.2.3 (note the 3)
>   and NeTBSD
>3) Other changes that are important.
>
>Note that I like the idea of NetBSD very much. I just think many ppl.
>will hesitate installing it without having an exact notion of what
>they will get back.

	I would basically guess that in the short term, you will get
some slight hassles.  I wouldn't expect changing to be THAT great a
hassle for people without heavily customized machines, but those who
have applied many selective patches might have more trouble.

	However, in the long run---If you agree with the NetBSD philosophy,
and are more up to date on the squabbling of the day---you'll end up with
a potentially better product.

	I have the advantage of having sold my machine in the last couple
of weeks, and will be looking again in a month to see which one of the
two I should install.  In the interim, I will continue to help out with the
FAQ and will still pay attention to what's going on... Then, when I get the
new machine, I will be able to choose which I want...

	I had a feeling this announcement would cause some troubles, and
I find the fragmentation that the BSD community seems to be undergoing 
nothing short of sad.

[cheesy mode]

	As Rodney King once said: "People, can't we just all get along?"

[end cheesy mode][THANK GOD]

	However, if this turns out to be a GROUP PROJECT, and not just
a personal act of revenge against some heinous act that wfj might have
once committed, then I think that this has a very good chance of 
becoming something very good.


Toodlepip!
Marc [die-hard BSDer] 'em.