From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 10 00:27:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA27221 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 00:27:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA27216 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 00:27:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA25396; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 18:56:48 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602100826.SAA25396@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: curious To: gregkopp@en.com (Greg Kopp) Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 18:56:47 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Greg Kopp" at Feb 9, 96 08:55:14 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Greg Kopp stands accused of saying: > > I'm just a bit curious. I know FreeBSD is based on 4.4BSD-Lite, but how > close are either of these to the current commercial release of BSD/OS 2.0? > I'm sure the underlying code is much different, but what about the user > interface? The reason I ask is I'm considering buying BSD/OS 2.0, but I > want to be familiar with it. I've used Linux, although not extensively. But > again, not knowing anything about BSD, I don't know how close that even is > to BSD/OS 2.0. If you're planning on buying BSD/OS, why the _hell_ are you asking here? > * Greg Kopp - Garfield Heights, Ohio * > * Gun Owner-Ham Radio Operator-Model Railroader-Graphic Artist * ^^^^^^^^^ Then again, maybe this explains it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[