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Subject: Re: 386BSD 0.1 release
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Date: 19 Jul 92 14:10:27 GMT
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>>It's also on gatekeeper.dec.com, and probably other mirrors (but not
>>yet ftp.uu.net).
>
>ftp.uu.net will probably never be a real mirror site;
>they refuse to carry the binaries, as well as the sources,
>and therefore (In the release notes) the Jolitzes encourage *NOT*
>getting it from uunet...

There have been indications that UUNET has an interest in BSDI.  If
this is true, then it's not surprising that they are somewhat
obstructionist towards the spread of 386BSD.

Their claims about not carrying binaries are, of course, ludicrous
and false.