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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!caen!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.uoregon.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hp-cv!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!news.willamette.edu!news.orst.edu!news.uidaho.edu!usenet 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 Organization: hey cure, you alive? Lines: 10 Sender: nawaz921@brownlee.cs.uidaho.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <imybtubccy.fsf@brownlee.cs.uidaho.edu> References: <1995Oct31.094013.7072@venus.gov.bc.ca> <4767rj$pce@usenet.rpi.edu> Reply-To: fn@uidaho.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: brownlee.cs.uidaho.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-reply-to: "Jon's message of 31 Oct 1995 22:26:58 GMT In article <4767rj$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''?