From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 18 01:38:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA05418 for current-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:38:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from superior.mooseriver.com (dynamic26.pm03.sf3d.best.com [209.24.234.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA05400 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:38:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by superior.mooseriver.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id BAA07939; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:38:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19971218013837.10574@mooseriver.com> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:38:37 -0800 From: Josef Grosch To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD description in the UNIX FAQ Reply-To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com References: <19971217202231.02056@mooseriver.com> <199712180909.CAA07915@usr06.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <199712180909.CAA07915@usr06.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Thu, Dec 18, 1997 at 09:09:02AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Dec 18, 1997 at 09:09:02AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > FreeBSD: 386bsd 0.1 with the patchkit applied, and many updated > > > utilities. > > > -- > > > As a description of my favorite OS. > > > Maybe it's time for an update, i almost forgot what the patchkit was like. > > > > Try to forget. In comparison with FreeBSD today the patchkit was like doing > > your own dental work without the benefit of drugs > > Hey! I wrote the patchkit! Be kind! > And a damn find job you did. I was very happy the first time I successfully got the patchkit installed and 386BSD up and running. FreeBSD has come a long way from those days and its' a very good system (a lot better than some commercial systems I have used) thanks to a lot of hard work from a lot of people. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.5 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses