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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!ivory.lm.com!not-for-mail From: peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ? Date: 10 Jan 1995 19:01:06 -0500 Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh, PA USA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3ev742$52f@ivory.lm.com> References: <3e8t0q$gnp@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <D2638B.Eut@park.uvsc.edu> <3etolp$2qr6@tiger2.ocs.lsu.edu> <D27p37.1E9@bonkers.taronga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivory.lm.com In article <D27p37.1E9@bonkers.taronga.com>, Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> wrote: >In article <3etolp$2qr6@tiger2.ocs.lsu.edu>, >Matthew N. Dodd <mdodd@tiger.lsu.edu> wrote: >>Wait a second! What reason is there to merge NetBSd and FreeBSD? > >Cynical but utterly realistic marketing considerations based on the impact >on the distribution of both operating systems when they're perceived to >be in frivolous competition. Greed. I want to be able to reap the benefit of the labors of -all- of the Really Smart People (tm) who work on both of these projects. If they've fragmented their efforts for no good reason, I can't. -- ...................................................................... Peter G. Berger, Esq. Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh Internet: peterb@telerama.lm.com Phone: 412/481-3505 Fax: 412/481-8568 http://www.lm.com/~peterb