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From: root@candle.uucp (Bruce Momjian)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: SysV vs. BSD philosophies
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Date: 21 Jul 93 17:22:41 GMT
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I have been told that System V and BSD have differing philosophies that
manifest themselves in the way their operating systems are designed,
sort of like an 'East coast', 'West coast' thing.

I have used SVr3, SVr4, and BSD/386, and have not come to understand
what these people are referring to.

Each has different features, and is configured differently, but they
seems pretty similar to me.

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