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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Call for 386BSD Rel.1.0 SIG (Special Interest Group) Date: 19 Aug 1994 03:45:54 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 36 Message-ID: <3319ti$7rl@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <jmonroyCuFvqp.BKv@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu Keywords: 386bsd release 1.0 SIG In article <jmonroyCuFvqp.BKv@netcom.com>, Jesus Monroy Jr <jmonroy@netcom.com> wrote: > [Fine Monroy Purple Prose deleted] > > Official - no less, this version promises more! And "promise" seems to remain the watchword. When can you actually lay your hands on a 386BSD 1.0 CD or fetch the bits from your favorite ftp site? Repeat those time-honored words after me, folks: Real Soon Now! > "What", I can not say. None the less, the i386 (and family) > are quickly becoming the de facto standard for personal > computer development. This and the accomplishments of fast Fine, we even believe you (sort of). But then the question still remains: "Why follow Bill?" The other *BSD's are delivering solutions NOW, have delivered solutions for the last 18 months, during which time Bill had abandoned his users to an uncertain fate, and show every sign of continuing to do so. Considering that Bill's track record, not to put too fine a point on it, SUCKS, why should we trust him? Bill sort of reminds me of DEC. An often brilliant company, one that brought us many milestones in computing, but also a company that screwed its users once too often with delayed promises and expensive switch-a-roos. Meanwhile, its competition quietly went ahead and delivered good hardware in a TIMELY fashion and they ate DEC's lunch. Might we learn something from this small parable? I have, but somehow, I do not think that Jesus has or will. He continues to follow his beloved guru no matter what direction he might lead. I also went to the talk, and saw little or no clothes on the Emperor (well, perhaps a modest loincloth). More details on that little soire' later.. Jordan