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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: BSD vs. LINUX
Date: 18 Dec 1994 17:37:35 GMT
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In-reply-to: nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com's message of 17 Dec 1994 04:45:36 GMT

In article <NELSON.94Dec16234536@crynwr.crynwr.com> nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes:

   Isn't it a good idea to have the option?  If I use BSD or any
   proprietary Unix, weekly patches simply aren't an option.  If you
   don't like them, don't use them.

This is untrue.  Both *BSDs upgrade their public source trees nightly.
Anyone who wants to follow the "current" development sources simply
starts up a sup and all his/her sources are automatically upgraded.
Pretty simple, really.

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   Michael L. VanLoon     michaelv@HeadCandy.com     michaelv@iastate.edu
  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
     Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
               In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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