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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Stable *BSD for Intel
Date: 22 Mar 1994 17:48:48 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  MT
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In article <MYCROFT.94Mar17222306@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu>,
Charles Hannum <mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> wrote:
>   >>3) NetBSD-current appears to be quite stable, though until very
>   >>   recently it still had some lingering bugs in the wd driver which
>   >>   could result in data loss.
>
>
>In the particular case of the wd driver, the one in FreeBSD wasn't
>exceptionally stable, either.  But, I did take a couple of ideas from
>it, and they were properly attributed.

Tell me what these particular 'stability' problem were Charles, so the
rest of us can know, since I'm not aware of them.

Please back up your statements with facts.


Nate
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