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From: thx1139@knuth.cba.csuohio.edu (thx)
Subject: Re: 386BSD vs. BSD386
Message-ID: <1993Jun30.000804.13384@news.csuohio.edu>
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 00:08:04 GMT
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In article <C9E6Iq.1C99@austin.ibm.com> guyd@austin.ibm.com (Guy Dawson) writes:
>In article <C98zMo.KFr@magnus1.uucp>, davidr@magnus1.uucp (Bulletin board login) writes:
>> I have been really interested in 386BSD for the last few months as the main
>> OS that I'll be running once I get my new computer next week, but recently I
>> have been attracted to a comercial product called interestingly enough BSD386.

Now I'm _really_ confused. I've been assuming that 386bsd was the new
OS from BSD inc. If this is not the case, then just what _is_ it, and
where does it come from? I'm on the verge of buying my first un*x,
and just tuned into this group a couple of weeks ago.

tim