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From: crs@beta.lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,news.test
Subject: Re: ADVICE to ALL
Date: 23 Nov 1994 16:16:25 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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References: <jmonroyCz8tEw.A7C@netcom.com> <1994Nov15.070658.13737@nosc.mil>
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In article <1994Nov15.070658.13737@nosc.mil> welsh@nosc.mil (Robert C. Welsh) writes:
= jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes:
= <jeez does he never stop???>
= 
= ...Blah Blah Blah...
= 
= >    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.   I am advising all parties
= >    that have NOT tried a  UNIX-like OS before; or have tried a
= >    UNIX-like OS, but have not tried one of the above ---- not to
= >    install any of the above systems in the near future.
= 
= Yes, times are good. The above referenced OSes will run on inexpensive
= hardware (386s are almost free these days) and they all come with SOURCE code.
= I publicly give thanks to all those who helped this to come about. I am truly
= impressed by and appreciative of all those who have put forth the public
= efforts to provide fully funtional multitasking multiuser OSes to the masses.
= Screw the bastards who rant on-and-on ad nauseum with nothing good to say
= about the situation  much less provide code.

Absolutely!  And well said!

I, for one, want to thank *all* of the development teams.  Isn't it
nice to have a choice....

= Robert C Welsh
= welsh@cals-s1.nosc.mil


-- 
Best,

Charlie "Older than dirt" Sorsby				"I'm the NRA!"
	  crs@lanl.gov