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From: mycroft@zygorthian-space-raiders.mit.edu (Charles M. Hannum)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: which Unix to choose?
Date: 14 Nov 1996 14:50:22 -0500
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology
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G Sumner Hayes <sumner+@CMU.EDU> writes:

> 
> If you need to run 386BSD apps, run one of the BSDs.  If you
> want to run SCO apps, run Linux.  

NetBSD/i386 can run most 386BSD, BSD/OS (formerly known as BSD/386),
FreeBSD, SCO, Interactive, Linux, Solaris, and SVR4 executables.  I
personally use commercial applications built for many of these systems
every day.