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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14632 comp.os.386bsd.development:2416 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2420 comp.os.386bsd.apps:1359 comp.os.386bsd.questions:12535 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3319 comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:12378 comp.os.linux.development:13662 comp.os.minix:24073 comp.os.mach:4111 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6910 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!hp-cv!hp-pcd!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!autodesk.com!greywolf From: greywolf@autodesk.com (James Graham - Systems Mangler) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Report on SVNET: Bill Jolitz's Talk; Mind Overload. Date: 19 Aug 1994 18:01:04 GMT Organization: Autodesk, Inc. Lines: 34 Sender: greywolf (Grey Wolf) Message-ID: <332s10$sso@autodesk.autodesk.com> References: <jmonroyCuq5J1.Fy8@netcom.com> <CurL98.BzM@kithrup.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lonewolf.autodesk.com Keywords: 386bsd unix release 1.0 new talk Bill Jolitz Lynn Jolitz sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes in <CurL98.BzM@kithrup.com> /* * (Why am I bothering?) ROFL * * In article <jmonroyCuq5J1.Fy8@netcom.com>, * Jesus Monroy Jr <jmonroy@netcom.com> wrote: * * >Third: Encumbrance......... * > * >Always was AT&T code free, always will be. * * Really? 386BSD had cpio, didn't it, which was explicitly stated to be AT&T * code. Interesting. I thought cpio was explicitly placed into the public domain a few years ago. * >Last words, from Lynn, "This is brand new and different. * >People will have to consider things carefully before * >throwing in their favorite widget; after all this is * >supposed to be an educational tool." * * "We're the only ones who can write code properly, which is why nobody else * has ever seen it. So before you decide to go about changing it, better * think twice: you're not as good as us. We're Professional Writers." Strikes me that they are better forgotten and Net/FreeBSD can just go about their business, ignoring 386BSD altogether, performance not- withstanding (it'll get better, I'm sure). -- System V any flavor: just say NO!