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From: volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de ( Volker A. Brandt )
Subject: Re: A merge of FreeBSD and NetBSD? (Another person's opinion)
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 13:05:09 GMT
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In article <33840@dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek@horse.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes:
>In article <kaleb.747863404@kanga.x.org> kaleb@expo.lcs.mit.edu
>(Kaleb Keithley) writes:
>>varieties of <xxx>BSD. Or maybe you think the world would be a better place
>>if we could go down to the CheChryForVolksRenVolvFiatToyDatHon dealer and
>>buy a homogenousmobile?
>
>[...] Heck, if you want confusion,
>look up the NEMA standards for power connectors.  Even once you pin
>down the voltage and number of phases, there are still half a dozen
>varieties to choose from. :-)

Ever heard of the Europlug?  Buy an appliance in France, plug it in in Denmark,
and it will work.

I'd like to see a merger, because then all that talent that is now split apart
could be used to improve one OS.  I want shared libs, DMA support for > 16M,
true international keyboards, stable serial I/O, fast ethernet drivers, a 
Rock Ridge fs driver, etc etc etc etc.

Since I have neither the knowledge nor the time to do all of these things by
myself, I have to wait until all those kind people out there do it.  Having
two BSDs means that I have to wait longer.

Let's work on the Europlug OS.

-- Volker
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