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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4473 comp.os.linux.misc:31973 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!michaelv 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 Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes. Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <MICHAELV.94Dec18113736@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> References: <KSTAILEY.94Dec8195010@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov> <NELSON.94Dec12103328@crynwr.crynwr.com> <3cht7r$ajk@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <NELSON.94Dec16234536@crynwr.crynwr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mindbender.headcandy.iastate.edu 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. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -