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Xref: sserve comp.os.mach:3392 comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:4102 comp.os.linux.development:2426 comp.os.minix:22880 comp.periphs:4560 comp.unix.bsd:12834 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:4808 comp.os.386bsd.development:1359 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1695 comp.os.386bsd.apps:610 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6417 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1348 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!alanc From: alanc@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Alan Coopersmith) Newsgroups: comp.os.mach,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: WILL ???BSD DIE? Date: 2 Nov 1993 18:16:01 GMT Organization: U.C. Bezerkeley Overloaded Computing Facility Lines: 25 Message-ID: <2b6851$nh1@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <jmonroyCFv39C.Iv1@netcom.com> Reply-To: alanc@ocf.berkeley.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: maelstrom-ether.berkeley.edu jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes in comp.unix.bsd: )>> There are several reasons for this: )>> )>> (1) the 386BSD ftp site is taking up approximately 120M )>> of disk space, which can be better used for other )>> things. )>> ) Yes, I here NETBSD might actually need this space. ) ) Is this true? Couldn't have anything to do with agate being a machine the we actually use here at berkeley (it's the main news server used by several thousand users among other things). And what does it matter? Did he say he was removing it from the net as a whole? Anyone who mirrors agate can set up their mirror not to delete 386bsd when agate does, if they want to. You want it to stay around, start talking to the admins of the mirror sites. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Coopersmith Internet: alanc@ocf.berkeley.edu U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facilty Bitnet: alanc@ucbocf