Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:22:21 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Martin Weinless <wam@ms.washington.edu>, Brandon Lockhart <brandon@engulf.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (no subject) Message-ID: <19980817132221.V24176@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980816200840.10328A-100000@hilbert1.ms.washington.edu>; from Martin Weinless on Sun, Aug 16, 1998 at 08:12:24PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980815224616.4583A-100000@engulf.net> <Pine.OSF.3.96.980816200840.10328A-100000@hilbert1.ms.washington.edu>
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On Sunday, 16 August 1998 at 20:12:24 -0700, Martin Weinless wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Aug 1998, Brandon Lockhart wrote:
>>> What is the relation between freebsd, openbsd and netbsd?
>>
>> They all have the same suffix? Good enough for you? Search the internet
>> for the three, and you will find out. I believe they are all focused on
>> the same core code, and just evolved in different ways. Kind of like good
>> and evil, cheech and chong, etc.
>
> The fact that they have the same suffix does not require a great deal of
> perpescuity to determine. Thus the fact that they have the same core code
> is not a great surprise. The real question is have they evolved for
> different purposes i.e. netbsd geared towards networking apps?
FreeBSD: good, solid, easy to use system on Intel only (in fact, this
is no longer completely true: a version for Alpha is becoming
available)
NetBSD: As many platforms as possible. More of a hacker's operating
system.
OpenBSD: Derived from NetBSD. Specifically addresses security issues.
Greg
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