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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!lead.zk3.dec.com!zk2nws.zko.dec.com!ranjit From: ranjit@fwasted.zk3.dec.com (Ranjit Mathews USG) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. other Unix's (Linux, etc.) Date: 18 Jun 1996 20:59:59 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4q75cf$end@zk2nws.zko.dec.com> References: <4pl73c$3d2a@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <4prrt6$19s@krant.cs.ruu.nl> <4q0gsk$dd@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> <31C48C32.6BFC@www.play-hookey.com> <4q2cq9$sr7@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gwwasted.zk3.dec.com To: aks@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com Show me a vendor that doesn't support BSD APIs. BSD lives on in the interfaces supported by Sys V implementations; code developed for BSD is generally portable to all commercial Unixes. In article <4q2cq9$sr7@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com>, aks@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com writes: |> Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: |> : However, in view of your opinion, I'm surprised by the number of recent posts |> : I see in this newsgroup with your name on them. If you don't like FreeBSD (and |> : I'm sure you're not alone), that is entirely your privilege. But in that case, |> : I'd really appreciate it if you would move off to some newsgroup that deals |> : with whatever it is that you *do* like, and have the courtesy to stop |> : cluttering up this NG with this kind of garbage. |> |> : Thank you, |> |> : Ken |> |> Don't be so sensitive. Face the facts. Don't lie to yourself. BSD is dead. |> Show me a single major vendor which does not move or moved to System V. -- Ranjit Mathews ranjit@zk3.dec.com DTN 881-0071 (603) 881 0071 Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua, NH 03062