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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5052 comp.os.386bsd.misc:985 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!news.dell.com!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Comparing anything to NetBSD Date: 12 Sep 1993 19:21:14 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX Lines: 34 Message-ID: <270ee8$cct@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> References: <DERAADT.93Sep10232713@newt.fsa.ca> <26t5dt$80e@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <MYCROFT.93Sep11210818@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <almCD8KFo.G6w@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <almCD8KFo.G6w@netcom.com> alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) writes: >In article <MYCROFT.93Sep11210818@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: >>In general, you can ignore anything any of the FreeBSD or NetBSD >>people say after such a comparison, because they are all (including >>myself) biased assholes who just want to push their own system. > >Stating the intent of FreeBSD developers, as I understand them, is not >intended to push FreeBSD, nor to detract from NetBSD. You call it >misinformation, but these are simply expressed interests. > I call it a complete waste of time. Remember why I put the 'Is 386bsd better than (your favorite operating system)?' in section 0 of the FAQ?? Because the question, no matter how it is asked, or how it is answered nearly always turns into a mud-slinging, nasty, name-calling contest that does nothing but alienate somebody and generally make everyone that supports NetBSD, FreeBSD and 386BSD look like a raving lunatic. It doesn't make any more sense to compare FreeBSD to NetBSD than it does to ccompare twins. Each effort has an agenda, each effort has many talented people supporting it, and each effort is better for the competition/collaboration. Now, I will go back and see if I can get this 'auto-faq' thing to work without choking on something. Thank you for your time. -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX