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From: kapela@prism.poly.edu (Theodore S. Kapela)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Catch What They're Saying About Us...
Message-ID: <1992Sep29.132808.29177@prism.poly.edu>
Date: 29 Sep 92 13:28:08 GMT
References: <VIXIE.92Sep23102423@cognition.pa.dec.com> <19ta0nINNj2q@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Sep25.021813.2369@kithrup.COM>
Organization: Polytechnic University, New York
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In article <1992Sep25.021813.2369@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>BSDi is actually benefited, to some degree, by 386BSD. BSD/386 is stabler,
>better supported, and commercial (and proprietary; one need not follow from
Better supported? A few techies compared to thousands of readers of this
newsgroup? And what happens if BSDI goes out of business?
Is *any* package necessarily "superior" becuase it is a "commercial" release?
I'm sure lots of readers of this newsgroup could site examples of just
the opposite.
>the other); 386BSD is newer, still flaky in some cases, and, as far as I
>know, not a commercial product from anyone.
>
>If I needed an OS to do work, it would probably be BSD/386. If I were going
>to install an OS on a machine for the express purpose of playing, it would
>be either Linux or 386BSD (probably the latter, at least until networking is
>available and stable in Linux).
>
A quote from "INSTALL.NOTES" of the 386BSD distribution:
386BSD is intended to foster new research and develop-
ment in operating systems and networking technology by pro-
viding this base technology in a broadly accessible manner.
As such, like its predecessor, 386BSD Release 0.1 is freely
redistributable and modifiable.
Nowhere in the distribution is any mention made that 386BSD is a production
system. In fact, the notes emphasize that the release is targeted for
research/education, not the commercial sector.
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Theodore S. Kapela kapela@poly.edu
Center for Applied Large-Scale Computing
Polytechnic University