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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!serval.net.wsu.edu!beta.tricity.wsu.edu!msmith From: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) Subject: Re: ADVICE to ALL Message-ID: <CzLHHx.KME@serval.net.wsu.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Organization: Washington State University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <jmonroyCz8tEw.A7C@netcom.com> <thumperCzKwsy.G0F@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 01:58:45 GMT Lines: 23 Thumper! (thumper@netcom.com) wrote: : Jesus Monroy Jr (jmonroy@netcom.com) wrote: : : : : ADVICE TO ALL : : For all involved: : : This week, the second week of November, 1994, marks the release : : of three versions of very similar BSD-like UNIX-like Operation : : Systems -- 386BSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD. : Uhm... I think the whole problem lies right there. There's FreeBSD and : NetBSD are releasiong new versions, spawned from pretty darn decent : versions. : 386BSD 1.0 is a highly delayed, near-vaporous "release" of an old alpha : PC-BSD operating system. In the last 6 months, I don't think I've seen any : claims as to why it would even portend to be better than the much more : tested and proven FreeBSD and NetBSD. Well, about the only reason I'M going to get it (maybe) is that is has the orgional articles on the development of the system. That's the only thing I want out of it. Mark