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From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: Gotcha in moving to post 4.4 lite2 merge ``world''.
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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, A JOSEPH KOSHY wrote:

> A question: is the 4.4 BSD Lite2 source being worked on by anyone?  Will
> there ever be a Lite3?

People say Kirk McKusick is working on soft updates as a contractor to
BSDI.

Case 1: The release of these kind of enhancements would delayed
long enough to give them a "competitive advantage". 

Case 2: The enhancements will be considered their proprietary "value-add" 
indefinitely and things will diverge more than ever.

Regards,


Mike