Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 01:38:56 -0700 From: Pete Delaney <pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net> To: freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD-ROM 2.0.5 - Any SPARC Porting Underway? Message-ID: <199508290838.AA11284@RockyMountain.rahul.net>
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Re-Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD-ROM 2.0.5 - Any SPARC Porting Underway?
Re-Cc: freebsd-platforms, freebsd-hardware, port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG,
tech-ports@NetBSD.ORG, netbsd-ports@NetBSD.ORG
> For sparc, you want FreeBSD's first cousin NetBSD..
> see www.netbsd.org..
I briefly checked it out. It feels dissapointing to see the Free/Net
BSD UNIX community splintered.
> they have more platforms but we have a better install and cover PC
> hardware better..
Sounds like the old X11R6 vs XFree disintegration. I see no reason why
they should be different source trees.
> you chose which you want..
I saw AT&T break up UNIX into a lot of individual releases and thought
it was stupid. Same for X on the PC and everything else. This doesn't
smell any different.
-pete
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