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From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD 0.9, wait?  [was: Re: from 386bsd0.1 to FreeBSD or NetBSD 0.9]
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 03:27:53 GMT
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In article <JKH.93Sep9215356@whisker.lotus.ie> jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>>My best advice is to just wait.  I've heard on some other news
>>groups that FreeBSD and NetBSD are going to merge together soon.
>>I'd like to hear that confirmed here.
>
>And the "official" answer is:  We don't know.

It won't be for at least six months.  And between now and then, the
release of 0.2 is sure to complicate the matter.  It is best to forget
about a merge.

In the mean time, I think it is safe to say that FreeBSD is putting
more effort into i386-specific support.
-AM