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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: What happened to these projects ? Message-ID: <hastyC62oIE.BFH@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1r855hINN56d@gap.caltech.edu> <hastyC5yJIs.Lqw@netcom.com> <1993Apr26.001822.7537@knobel.GUN.de> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 04:01:26 GMT Lines: 64 In article <1993Apr26.001822.7537@knobel.GUN.de> andreas@knobel.GUN.de (Andreas Klemm) writes: >In <hastyC5yJIs.Lqw@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: > >|In article <1r855hINN56d@gap.caltech.edu> glt@cco.caltech.edu (Greg Tanaka) writes: >|>terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >|> >|>>In article <1r17cqINNqgi@fstgds01.tu-graz.ac.at> chmr@edvz.tu-graz.ac.at (Christoph Robitschko) writes: > >|Part of the success of Linux is due to the participants actively spreading the >|word that Linux is available. > I still think that Linux participants are more active and vocal than 386bsd. And, I have been with 386bsd since 0.0 for over a year now :-) Again, I read other newsgroups, and seldomly do I see any 386bsd people speaking out. Also, from my release of XS3, I happen to received more questions from the Linux group than from 386bsd. (I am not soliciting mail just an observation!) **** Where is are our CD-ROM distribution? Linux has one... ******* Before we go on criticizing NetBSD may I suggest that we find out what exactly is NetBSD. It is conceivable that NetBSD satifies all the requirements for an interim release of 386bsd. Better installation, Julian's scsi driver, etc... As for recommending 386bsd, I really would hate to recommend 0.1 when I know that it has received so many patches for both the kernel and some of its binaries. From Lynn Jolitz posting, I am aware that some of the patches may be incorrrect. Also, Chris promised to integrate to 386bsd 0.2, when it comes out, into NetBSD. If 0.2 have been out with all acceptable patches, I really doubt that there would have been a NetBSD release. I really would **love** to see the net organize itself into key areas of 386bsd. For instance, Virtual Memory Management, Networking, system calls, Driver Support,etc.. And begin to really, improve 386bsd in a positive and quality fashion. X support is a really good example of what can we do when co-operate together (even across multiple-platforms) May I also suggest, that we should carry out intellingent discussions on the net about different components of the OS. So before we try to tear down something, lets try to find out what exactly is and sound a bit more intelligent Peace, Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming