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From: delozier@mcs.kent.edu (Greg Delozier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: So, what's up with 386bsd?
Date: 23 Nov 1994 15:06:22 GMT
Organization: Kent State University
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Hi,

[Foreword: I'm aware that by asking the following question, I'm
running the risk of disturbing Mr. Monroy's current quiescence, for
which I apologize in advance...]

Well, some time back around the time of the formation of the NetBSD
and FreeBSD groups, there were some various comments attributed
to the Jolitzen that the next release of 386bsd was going to have
some revolutionary feature set that would just amaze everyone. You
remember: new kernel architecture, memory management improvements, etc.

So a few weeks ago, I read something to the effect that the 386bsd CD-ROM
had actually shipped. Since Jesus Monroy and the other faithful (at M&T,
I guess) had been intimating for quite some time that the CD-ROM would
be worth the wait, I expected at least _someone_ would finally get the
thing and perhaps share their impressions with us. So far, nothing...

So, questions:
	Is the CD-ROM finally shipping?
	Does it work?
	What are, actually, these radical improvements?
	What's the feature set like? 
	Was it worth the wait? Worth the money?

I know, if I wanted to install a Unix today on a PC, I'd probably go
get FreeBSD or Linux (or NetBSD, if I have some RISCy thing) and be
done with it. But as a student of OS design (literally) I'm interested 
in the current state of the art, and if the Jolitzes have contributed
to it, regardless of their own personal quirks, I'd really like to hear
about it...

Thanks for your comments...

-greg
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Greg DeLozier/Senior Scientific Analyst, Loral/PhD Student, KSU