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From: mstachow@athena.mit.edu (Maciej Stachowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD Info
Date: 1 Aug 1996 01:08:14 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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In article <4tl5mo$c1l@ns3.iamerica.net>, amusgrov@varmm.com (AJ Musgrove) writes:
|> Well, no shooting me, but I am trying to find a good PC UNIX and I haven't
|> decided. I can get just about anything, include UnixWare, SCO, LINUX,
|> FreeBSD, and NetBSD. 
|> 
|> I'm leaning toward NetBSD, but I need to make sure that it has what I need.
|> First, the PC version, what does it emulate? Also, what standards does it
|> support? I am an SVR4 (no shooting) programmer who uses a Solaris 2.5 at
|> work, and I need something that is more or less source-compatible.
|> 
|> Is NetBSD what I need?
|> 
|> --
|> AJ Musgrove
|> 
|> 

Out of the OSes you listed, NetBSD is probably the least SVR4-ish. (Well, OK,
FreeBSD is probably equally distant.)

- Maciej Stachowiak