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From: Faried Nawaz <fn@uidaho.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Free BSD vs. NET/BSD - whats the diff?
Date: 05 Nov 1995 20:23:09 -0800
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In article <4767rj$pce@usenet.rpi.edu> "Jon << JaMah! >> H. Mah" <mahj> writes:

$ The most characteristic difference between NetBSD and FreeBSD is that FreeBSD
$ has been far more polished, and its design goals specifically entail the i386
$ (and 486 and Pentium) Architecture.  NetBSD is *slightly* less polished and its
$ design goals focus more upon creating a system that is geared more towards
$ cross-platform interoperability (one NetBSD for SPARC, i386, hp300, and a load
$ of others).

How do you mean ``polished''?