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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:12891 comp.os.386bsd.development:1396 comp.os.386bsd.questions:6651 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1421 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!news.eunet.no!nuug!news.eunet.fi!tahko.lpr.carel.fi!tahko.lpr.carel.fi!not-for-mail From: ari@tahko.lpr.carel.fi (Ari Suutari) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: WILL ???BSD DIE? Date: 9 Nov 1993 22:09:28 +0200 Organization: Carelcomp Oy Lines: 39 Message-ID: <2botdoINNlqt@tahko.lpr.carel.fi> References: <jmonroyCFv39C.Iv1@netcom.com> <2b64ce$l4o@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <2b6o4p$15s@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <MYCROFT.93Nov4125123@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: tahko.lpr.carel.fi mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: > I have no idea where this comes from. Other than some changes > which have made it difficult to run these releases on some hardware > that ran 386BSD, in EVERY aspect the newer releases are more stable > and usable than any version of 386BSD available. >To be completely fair, this is untrue. There are a couple of >long-standing bugs in both FreeBSD and NetBSD which must be resolved >before any such claim can be honestly made. [Stuff deleted] >Um, can we put the politics aside for a moment? Yes please. This beginning to sound something like those never-ending stories like "vi - emacs" ... Personally I think all this mess with multiple versions of basicly same operating systems is just a big waste of resources which together focused on single systems could get much more done. Anyway, I'm quite happy with my 386BSD since it works well for the things I do with it ... it's very stable since no-one is posting my-favorite-patches-for-today articles for it any more ;-) Ari S --- Ari Suutari ari@hilti.lpr.carel.fi Lappeenranta Finland