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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 07:09:53 -0500
To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>
From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
Subject: Re: Besides time, what the heck does it take ...
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At 6:27 AM -0500 8/15/97, Dave Hayes wrote:
>Also, is 3.0 the last OS revision tree split FreeBSD will undergo?
>(Maybe I should duck, but...I gotta know.)

I should hope not! As long as the general architecture is viable,
there should continue to be improvements. To deny the ability to
make fundamental changes to the API dooms the system to perpetual
legacy baggage.