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Date:      Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:57:31 -0700
From:      "Olaf Stoyke" <olafs@my-Deja.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Looking for *BSD Insight...
Message-ID:  <IHOFLNMACPNFCAAA@my-deja.com>

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    Hello, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG!

I've learned that there is a FreeBSD, a NetBSD and
an OpenBSD (hoping that I have not forgotten a member
of the *BSD group :). From a developer's point of
view, the following questions are quite interesting:

- What are the differences of these three versions/
  releases/distributions?

- What are the differences in the system APIs?
  
- Provided that I find the time to do so, is it
  possible to develop device drivers for all three
  ebvironments based on one source? Or are the 
  interfaces required to build/install the driver
  too different to make this approach possible?

- If the differences are of practically no relevance
  (only minor stuff), are there plans to unite the
  three *BSDs or to (at least) build some uniform
  device driver interfaces so that a driver can be
  used without modifications?

If these questions have previously been discussed
somewhere and/or were written down into a FAQ, I
apologize (in advance) and will continue to look 
for these comments in the newsgroups, mailing-lists 
and FAQs...

    Regards, Olaf



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