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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
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References: <3e8t0q$gnp@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <D2638B.Eut@park.uvsc.edu> <3etolp$2qr6@tiger2.ocs.lsu.edu> <D27p37.1E9@bonkers.taronga.com>
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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.


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