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Date:      Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:32:31 -0500 (EST)
From:      Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Where's the 3.0 press release?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9810252012140.6829-100000@orion.webspan.net>
In-Reply-To: <19981026113325.E16609@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:

> Well, one reason might be that people on this list might have
> suggestions for improvement.

Well as stated below jordan had to be notified and clear it first so he  
wouldnt wig out about having his name and # attached to this first before
I just pasted it everywhere :-) So after Brett T. cleared it with jordan
I decided it would be ok to post it.

> The more the merrier.

True indeed.

> agree with Brett that, for a PR, there should be no bullets.  I agree
> with you that, for Dæmon News, the bullets look OK.

Thats why it was meant for BSD news only. So I didnt make the mods brett
wanted there. But yes they should be removed if this warps into a PR for
2.2.8 or 3.1.

> You can post most things here :-)

Well I didnt right off the bat because it had jordans name and work # on
it so it had to be cleared with him first. 

> No bang, please.
> 3.0 UNIX operating system.  FreeBSD is the fast, powerful, operating
> system derived from 4.4BSD UNIX.
> o SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) support.
> o Sun's WEBNFS standard.
> You'll have to delete this.  It's not in the release: you can get the
> software, but you have to fulfil some conditions (in particular, if
> you're a commercial operation, it'll cost you money).
> from a.out to ELF.  a.out object files are still completely supported.

I will submit a revised copy noting the above to brett taylor pronto!

Thanks for the feedback!
Chris 

--
"You both seem to be ignoring the fact that the networking market is
driven by so-called 'IT professionals' these days, most of whom can't
tell the difference between an ARP and a carp." --Wes Peters

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