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From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline)
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Subject: Re: SCO device drivers in FreeBSD
To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett A. Wollman)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 12:17:29 -0800 (PST)
Cc: chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu, questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <9601121715.AA24888@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> from "Garrett A. Wollman" at Jan 12, 96 12:15:06 pm
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According to Garrett A. Wollman:
> 
> 
>   It would be very difficult, and probably counterproductive,
> to attempt to built a kernel compilation environment that supports all
> the old interfaces.
> 

	Right.  Truer words, seldom spoken...

	It would be a major win for the *BSD system to become
	plug-and-play compatable with the Linux world, 
	probably.  But as for staying in sync with---or, 
	more correctly, to stay `out of sync with' older,
	less robust versions:: not very savvy....

	gary kline